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Adoring Saints: Right Main Tier Panel

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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The saints arranged neatly in rows look towards the central panel – which shows Christ crowning the Virgin Mary – of the four-tiered altarpiece that this picture comes from. A panel on the other side of the central image mirrors the scene here. Together, these three panels formed the main level of the altarpiece.

The altarpiece was commissioned for the Florentine convent church of San Pier Maggiore, where it formed the backdrop to a ceremony related to the ordination of every new bishop of Florence. The bishop would offer a ring to the convent abbess to signifiy his spritual marriage to the church. This may explain the prominence of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, shown on the right of the front row in a pink dress, who was symbolically married to Christ.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Adoring Saints: Right Main Tier Panel

Date

1370-1

Medium

Egg on poplar

Measurements

H 169 x W 113 cm

Accession number

NG569.3

Acquisition method

Bought, 1857

Work type

Painting

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