Amazing and beautiful adaptation of a polyptych.
Jacopo di Cione was a Florentine Gothic painter. Documented between 1365-1400.
Christ is shown crucified on the Cross — alongside the two thieves. And a vast crowd around, and Roman horsebacks around.
To his right, the thief — who mocked him — with burning coals over his head.
To his left, the “good” thief’s soul is taken to heaven by angels.
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At the foreground, the mourning Virgin (in ultramarine) is supported by Mary Magdalene (in red robes) — the three Maries — and St. John the Evangelist (hand raised to his face).
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There is a silken look on the polyptych, in the audiences' clothes and in the sky behind the three crosses. How amazing that if the 1365-1400 is accurate, the softness still remains.
ReplyDeleteIncredible. It's shocking how skillful these artists were and yet get dismissed as "medieval" ...
DeleteSo much detail, it's a lovely painting.
ReplyDeleteIndeed M.
DeleteExtraordinary detail and the colours are so vibrant.
ReplyDeleteoh, it really is.
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