The Tribute Money
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The Tribute Money is a renowned Renaissance painting, most famously depicted by Masaccio, illustrating the biblical story of Christ instructing Peter to find a coin in a fish’s mouth to pay the temple tax.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tribute Money canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance painting
ⓘ
fresco ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | Quattrocento ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | Renaissance ⓘ |
| author | Masaccio ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospel of Matthew
ⓘ
surface form:
Gospel of Matthew 17:24–27
|
| centeredOn | Christ as vanishing point of perspective ⓘ |
| city | Florence ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Felice Brancacci (family patron of the chapel) ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1427 ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Masaccio ⓘ |
| depicts |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Peter
apostles of Jesus ⓘ architectural background with classical elements ⓘ biblical story of the temple tax ⓘ coin in the fish’s mouth miracle ⓘ mountainous landscape background ⓘ tax collector ⓘ |
| depictsScene |
Christ confronted by the tax collector
ⓘ
Peter paying the tax collector ⓘ Peter taking the coin from the fish’s mouth ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Capernaum
ⓘ
surface form:
Capernaum (biblical setting)
|
| inception | circa 1425 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Filippino Lippi
ⓘ
Florentine Renaissance painting ⓘ Michelangelo ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence ⓘ |
| location |
Brancacci Chapel frescoes
ⓘ
surface form:
Brancacci Chapel
|
| materialUsed | fresco on plaster ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance ⓘ |
| movementWithinWork | figures arranged in semicircle around Christ ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuous narrative composition
ⓘ
early use of linear perspective in Renaissance art ⓘ unified light source modeling figures ⓘ |
| partOf |
Brancacci Chapel frescoes
ⓘ
surface form:
Brancacci Chapel fresco cycle
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| technique | buon fresco ⓘ |
| theme |
faith and providence
ⓘ
obedience to civil authority ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| titleInItalian | Il Tributo ⓘ |
| uses |
chiaroscuro
ⓘ
linear perspective ⓘ single-point perspective ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.