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Madonna and Child with the Holy Trinity and Two Saints

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Madonna and Child with the Holy Trinity and Two Saints (1510) by Luca Signorelli

Madonna and Child with the Holy Trinity and Two Saints is a painting by Luca Signorelli, from 1510, now in the Uffizi in Florence. It is a sacra conversazione, with the Madonna enthroned between Michael and Gabriel, with Augustine (left) and Athanasius (right) below and the Holy Trinity above.[1]

It was originally commissioned by the Confraternity of the Trinity for pilgrims in Cortona, the town where Signorelli was born and produced several works.[2] It was later in the San Niccolò Monastery in Cafaggio from 1810 to 1919.[3] Its predella included scenes of The Wedding at Cana, Christ at Gethsemane and The Flagellation of Christ - it was detached and moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, also in Florence.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Web Gallery of Art entry".
  2. ^ "Uffizi catalogue entry".
  3. ^ Historique of the Uffizi Inventory, No. Cat. 00285833
  4. ^ (in Italian) Antonio Paolucci, Luca Signorelli, in I protagonisti dell'arte italiana, Scala Group, Florence, 2001.