Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece
Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece is an oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto, executed around 1504–1506. It is still housed in its original location, the parish church of Santa Cristina in Quinto di Treviso, a frazione of Treviso, northern Italy. Measuring 90x179 cm (lunette) and 177x162 cm (central panel), it is signed "Laurentius / Lotus / P.[inxit]" at the base of the throne.
Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece
Lorenzo Lotto · Carlo Pirovano, Lotto, Electa, Milano 2002. · Public domain
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- sacra conversazione
- Period
- 1504
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- oil paint · panel
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Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece is an oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto, executed around 1504–1506. It is still housed in its original location, the parish church of Santa Cristina in Quinto di Treviso, a frazione of Treviso, northern Italy. Measuring 90x179 cm (lunette) and 177x162 cm (central panel), it is signed "Laurentius / Lotus / P.[inxit]" at the base of the throne.
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Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece is associated with religious art, religious painting, High Renaissance and Venetian school. Collections associated with it include Church of Saint Christina.
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It was perhaps commissioned around 1505 by bishop Bernardo de' Rossi, in whose court Lotto worked at the time. It was released on 14 May 1507, just before the artist's move to Recanati.
It is recorded as the work of Lorenzo Lotto. Materials recorded for it are oil paint and panel. The record gives 1504 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious painting. The recorded subject matter is sacra conversazione. It forms part of Church of Saint Christina. It is recorded in the collection of Church of Saint Christina.
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• Title — Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece • Artist — Lorenzo Lotto • Year — c. 1504–1506 • Medium — Oil on panel • Height Metric — 267 • Width Metric — 179 • Metric Unit — cm • Imperial Unit — in • City — Quinto di Treviso • Museum — Church of Santa Cristina
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1504
Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece first recorded.
1504
Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece is recorded from 1504.
1505
Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece first recorded.
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The main panel, of rectangular shape, shows a sacred conversation with Madonna and Child sitting on a large throne. Around her are the saints Peter, Christine, Liberalis and Jerome, all enclosed within a classical style architecture. The composition derives from Giovanni Bellini's San Zaccaria Altarpiece, as testified by the niche in the throne with Byzantine mosaics, and the oriental carpet at Mary's feet. Perhaps inspired by Giorgione's Castelfranco Madonna is the figure of Liberalis, the patron saint of Treviso, as a knight holding a model of the city in a hand. The baby Jesus holds a goldfinch, an allegory of his future Passion. The right side opens on an external wall covered by grass. The lunette shows instead a Pietà, also based on Bellini, with the dead Christ supported by two angels.
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- Pirovano, Carlo. Lotto. Electa. 2002.
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Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece is recorded as made of oil paint and panel. Recorded from 1504.
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