# Pala di San Marco \(Triptych of St Mark\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIVARINI, Bartolomeo]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on panel, 165 x 68 cm \(central\), 165 x 57 cm \(wings\) ## Commentary The central panel of the triptych represents St Mark, while St John the Baptist and St Jerome are depicted on the left wing, and St Nicholas and St Peter on the right wing. In this altarpiece the artist accentuates classicising forms with lush decoration and highly pitched colour, making the painting visually compatible with the dynamic, swirling forms of gilt, Gothic frames that had long been popular in his family's workshop. The carving on St Mark's marble throne, though inspired by classical models, is as dense and tightly wound as the tracery on the altar's frame. ## Related artworks - [Altarpiece]() - [Annunciation]() - [Christ Enthroned \(detail\)]() - [Conversano Polyptych]() - [Madonna and Child before a Red Curtain]() - [Madonna and Child Enthroned]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna della Misericordia]() - [Pala di San Marco \(central panel\)]() - [Pala di San Marco \(Triptych of St Mark\)]() - [Polyptych]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()