03 — ARTWORK
Altarpiece with Three Saints
- MEDIUM
- Tempera on wood, 172 x 179 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
The altarpieceA picture or sculpture that stands on or is set up behind an altar. The term reredos is used for an ornamental screen or partition, not directly attached to the altar table but affixed to the wall behind it. A diptych is an altarpiece consisting of two panels, a triptych one of three panels, and a polyptych one of four or more panels. From the 14th to 16th century, the altarpiece was one of the most important commissions in European art; it was through the altarpiece that some of the most decisive developments in painting and sculpture came about. with the same subject today displayed in the Cardinal of Portugal's Chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building. is a copy of this painting, of which it is thought that only the design was the result of the combined efforts of Piero and his brother Antonio, whereas the actual execution is to be ascribed entirely to Piero.
The traditional iconographyThe systematic study and identification of the subject-matter and symbolism of art works, as opposed to their style; the set of symbolic forms on which a given work is based. Originally, the study and identification of classical portraits. Renaissance art drew heavily on two iconographical traditions: Christianity, and ancient Greek and Roman art, thought and literature., descended from Vasari, identifies the three characters as Saints James, Vincent and Eustace.
The painting is part of a single decorative programme for the Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal, Jacopo di Lusitania, grandson of the king of Portugal, who died in Florence at the age of twenty-five.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Altarpiece with Three Saints by POLLAIUOLO brothers},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pollaiuolo-brothers-ra85f423cdaa9e7/altarpiece-with-three-saints-rd7cfcac12ee455},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
