Stefaneschi Altarpiece
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The Stefaneschi Altarpiece is a celebrated early 14th-century triptych by Giotto, created for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and noted for its innovative use of space and expressive religious imagery.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
altarpiece
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panel painting ⓘ triptych ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | key work in transition from Byzantine to naturalistic style in Italian painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith | St. Peter’s Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | collection of the Vatican Museums ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Cardinal Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | preserved ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | medieval Catholicism ⓘ |
| dateCreated | circa 1320 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cardinal Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi
NERFINISHED
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Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ Christ enthroned NERFINISHED ⓘ Crucifixion of Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ apostles ⓘ donor portrait of Cardinal Stefaneschi kneeling ⓘ |
| genre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasInscription | donor inscription naming Cardinal Stefaneschi ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central panel
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left wing panel ⓘ predella (now lost or dispersed) ⓘ right wing panel ⓘ |
| iconographicProgram | glorification of Saint Peter and the papacy ⓘ |
| inception | early 14th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later 14th-century Roman painting ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vatican City
ⓘ
Vatican Museums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Pinacoteca Vaticana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
gold leaf
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tempera ⓘ |
| movement |
Italian Gothic painting
ⓘ
Proto-Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
double-sided painted panels
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expressive religious imagery ⓘ innovative use of space ⓘ |
| originallyCreatedFor | high altar of Old St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ |
| originallyLocatedIn | Old St. Peter’s Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronageType | papal court commission ⓘ |
| placeOfProduction | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Italo-Byzantine with emerging naturalism ⓘ |
| support | wood panel ⓘ |
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