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The San Cassiano Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina, dating to 1475–1476. Commissioned for the church of San Cassiano in Venice, it was disassembled in the early 17th-century and the reunited central portion is now housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It was one of the most influential paintings in the Veneto area of the time.[1]

San Cassiano Altarpiece
Artist	Antonello da Messina
Year	1475-1476
Medium	Oil on panel
Dimensions	55.9 cm × 35 cm (22.0 in × 14 in)
Location	Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna

History

It is unknown when it was disassembled or why, but it was already in fragments when parts of it were documented by David Teniers the Younger for his Theatrum Pictorium in 1660. It wasn't until 1929 that three of the fragments were reunited by the Hungarian art historian Johannes Wilde. Other surviving fragments have been analysed to fit according to the model of a reconstruction in a virtual architectural study. Originally a larger altarpiece, it now comprises only the central panel with the Virgin Enthroned, and four half-busts of saints: St. Nicholas of Bari, Mary Magdalene (or Ursula), St. Lucy and St. Dominic.

Allegedly inspired by another Holy Conversation by Giovanni Bellini in the church of San Giovanni e Paolo (now known only through copies), it features however a more balance composition and a more sober architecture. Antonello adopted a pyramidal layout, enhanced by the accurate use of light.

The book with three golden balls held by St. Nicholas alludes to the episode in which he gave them to three girls to be used as dowry.

See also

• Italian Renaissance painting, development of themes

References

• J. Wilde, "Pala di San Cassiano" Rekonstruktionsversuch, Jahrbuch der Kunsthist. Samml. in Wien, n. s., III (1929), pp. 57-72

Sources

• De Vecchi, Pierluigi; Elda Cerchiari (1998). I tempi dell'arte. Milan: Bompiani. ISBN 88-451-7212-0.

scopamici

External links

• Page at the museum's website (in English)
• Antonello da Messina: Sicily's Renaissance Master, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on the altarpiece

На других языках

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- [en] San Cassiano Altarpiece

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[fr] Retable de San Cassiano

Le retable de San Cassiano est une peinture sur bois d'Antonello de Messine, exécutée en 1475-1476 pour l'église San Cassiano, à Venise, et partiellement conservée au Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne.

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[it] Pala di San Cassiano

La Pala di San Cassiano è un dipinto olio su tavola (115x65 cm pannello centrale, 55,9x35 pannello sinistro e 56,8x35,6 pannello destro) di Antonello da Messina, datata 1475-1476 e conservata nel Kunsthistorisches Museum di Vienna. La pala, sebbene gravemente mutilata, fu un vero e proprio spartiacque nella pittura veneta del Quattrocento tra vecchio e nuovo, introducendo alcune caratteristiche che divennero costanti nella produzione successiva.

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[ru] Алтарь Сан-Кассиано

«Алтарь Сан-Кассиано» (итал. Pala di San Cassiano), также известная как «Мадонна со святыми Николаем, Анастасией (?), Урсулой, Домиником и Еленой» — алтарная картина итальянского живописца Антонелло да Мессины (1429/30–1479), представителя эпохи Раннего Возрождения. Создана около 1475/1476 года.

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