# The Blessed Guardato [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BOCCATI, Giovanni di Piermatteo]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera and gold on wood, 138 x 47 cm ## Commentary This panel is part of the Belforte Altarpiece, the largest \(483 x 323 cm\) fifteenth-century polyptych in the Marches. This altarpiece of complex structure survived almost intact. The polyptych was temporarily dismantled during the recent restoration which made possible the detailed study of its individual panels, among them the pinnacle panel depicting the Blessed Guardato \(born about 1360 in Visso\), a local holy figure with relatively minor iconographic importance. The Belforte polyptych is an excellent example of Boccati's mature style. ## Related artworks - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Madonna and Child Enthroned with Music-Making Angels]() - [The Arrest of Christ \(detail\)]() - [The Arrest of Christ]() - [Virgin and Child with Saints \(detail\)]() - [Virgin and Child with Saints]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()