Triptych - The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
Maker
(Artists)
c.1280-1348 (Life dates)
c.1280-1348 (Life dates)
Title
Triptych - The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
Date of Production
1338
Medium
tempera on panel
Dimensions
Height: 87.5 cm
Width: 42.5 cm
Width: 42.5 cm
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.81
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
Related Works
Label Text
This triptych is an outstanding example of the type of portable paintings produced for private patrons in fourteenth-century Italy. Its scale and subject matter encouraged a personal meditation on the life of Christ.
The Florentine Bernardo Daddi began his career as an apprentice of Giotto, who is credited with introducing a more naturalist style, expression and sense of volume in Italian painting.
Daddi’s own workshop was prolific and specialised in small devotional tabernacles. This triptych ranks amongst the finest of his production: the shimmering gold and expensive pigments, combined with Daddi’s delight in rendering lively details, create a work of rare beauty and invention.
The Florentine Bernardo Daddi began his career as an apprentice of Giotto, who is credited with introducing a more naturalist style, expression and sense of volume in Italian painting.
Daddi’s own workshop was prolific and specialised in small devotional tabernacles. This triptych ranks amongst the finest of his production: the shimmering gold and expensive pigments, combined with Daddi’s delight in rendering lively details, create a work of rare beauty and invention.
Provenance
General Count Ramboldo Collalto (1575-1630, born Mantua); by descent. Acquired 1956 from Prince Oktavian Collalto, Italy by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest, 1978.
Exhibition History
National Gallery (permanent display during closure), National Gallery, London, 14/09/2018-03/09/2021
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : dated : on base of central panel : the central part of the inscription covered by an indistinct coat-of-arms, apparently added later : .ANNO.DNI[M].CCC.XXXVII. Collalto family seal on back.
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