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San Giovenale Triptych
Italian Renaissance painting by Masaccio
| San Giovenale Triptych | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Masaccio |
| Year | |
| Type | Tempera on wooden panels |
| Dimensions | &#;cm ×&#;65&#;cm (43&#;in ×&#;26&#;in) |
| Location | Masaccio Museum of Sacred Art, S.
Pietro a Cascia di Reggello (FI) |
San Giovenale Triptych is a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Masaccio, housed in the Masaccio Museum of Sacred Art at Cascia di Reggello, in the Metropolitan City of Florence.
The triptych is the first work attributed to Masaccio and the earliest known painting essay using the geometric Renaissance perspective.
Description
The Triptych is a tempera on wooden panels . The central panel is &#;cm ×&#;65&#;cm (43&#;in ×&#;26&#;in) and the two side panels are 88&#;cm ×&#;44&#;cm (35&#;in ×&#;17&#;in).
At the bottom of the panels, the inscriptions are in modern humanist letters for the first time in Europe, not inscribed in Gothic characters:[1]
(ANNO D