San Luca Altarpiece
The San Lucas Altarpiece, also known as the San Lucas Polyptych, is a 1453 polyptych panel painting by Northern Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna. The altarpiece is a polyptych panel painting featuring 12 figures each in their own arch. The six figures in the top row flank the central figure of Jesus Christ.
Also recorded as Polittico di san Luca
San Luca Altarpiece
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- 1453
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- tempera · wood
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The San Lucas Altarpiece, also known as the San Lucas Polyptych, is a 1453 polyptych panel painting by Northern Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna. The altarpiece is a polyptych panel painting featuring 12 figures each in their own arch. The six figures in the top row flank the central figure of Jesus Christ.
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Overview
The four beneath flank Saint Luke.
It is recorded as the work of Andrea Mantegna. Materials recorded for it are tempera and wood. The record gives 1453 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious art. It is recorded in the collection of Pinacoteca di Brera.
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Key facts
• Title — San Luca Altarpiece • Artist — Andrea Mantegna • Year — 1453–1454 • Type — Panel • Height Metric — 177 • Width Metric — 230 • Metric Unit — cm • Imperial Unit — in • City — Milan • Museum — Pinacoteca di Brera
History
History
On August 10, 1453, Mantegna signed a contract to paint the work for the monastery of Santa Giustina in Padua. In return for 50 ducats, Mantegna agreed to complete the work, providing paints with which to depict the figures and the azzurro Todesco (a blue pigment derived from copper) with which to inlay them. The work was completed within that or the following year. The polyptych is located in Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
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1453
San Luca Altarpiece first recorded.
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