Standing left, Saint Maximus Vitalianus, second bishop of Padua. Seated right, probably Saint Oswald, King of Northumbria, (about 605
- 642), involved in the evangelisation of the northern kingdoms of Engl&. The cult of Saint Oswald had a long tradition in the Veneto; he was invoked as a protector against the plague. An altarpiece of saints Maximus & Oswald was painted about 1742 by Tiepolo for the church in Padua dedicated to them both. This is unlikely to be a preparatory sketch, rather a derivation from it of around 1745.
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The fragments of this altarpiece are mounted in a 19th-century frame. In the main panels are, from the left, Saints Michael & John the Baptist, & on the right, a bishop & a female martyr. The Archangel Gabriel & the Annunciate Virgin are depicted ...

A fragment from the upper part of an elaborate altarpiece (the vault is depicted as if viewed from below). ' Saint Peter Martyr & a Bishop Saint', another fragment from the same altarpiece, is also in the Collection. ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

Saint Peter carries the keys to heaven & hell. Saint Dorothy wears a garland of flowers, including roses, & carries the same flowers in her basket, an allusion to the miraculous gift of fruit & flowers a child messenger brought to an unbeliever afte ...

These two saints come from a polyptych (altarpiece consisting of several panels) in the parish church of S. Giorgio in Porto San Giorgio. They were presumably on the left-hand side (they face right) of the bottom tier (on account of their size & angle o ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

Saint Demetrius is identified by the scroll inscribed with his name at his feet. He was proconsul of Achaia & was stabbed to death with a lance by order of the Emperor Maximinianus because he converted many Romans to Christianity. The composition shows t ...

The altarpiece was divided into several pieces, probably in the 18th century, & has now been reassembled. The fragments entered the Collection at different dates. The main panel shows the Trinity (NG 727); with an angel on the right (NG 3162); & an angel on the left (NG 3230); Saints Zeno & Jerome (NG 4428); Saints James the Great & Mamas (L15, on loan from Her Majesty The Queen). The altarpiece was commissioned in September 1455 by the Company of Priests of the Trinity in Pistoia; hence it represents the Trinity, &

Includes:: relevant saints. When Pesellino died in July 1457, the painting was finished by Fra Filippo Lippi, & delivered in June 1460. The predella shows Mamas in Prison thrown to the Lions (NG 4868.1); the Beheading of James the Great (NG 4868.2); Zeno exorcising the daughter of the Emperor Gallienus (NG 4868.3); & Jerome & the Lion (NG 4868.4). The predella was probably painted by Lippi & his workshop in Prato, between 1458 & 1460. A fifth predella panel showing the vision of Saint Augustine while pondering the mystery of the Trinity has recently been discovered in the Hermitage, St Petersburg.

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