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Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist
Creator
Mariotto di NardoItalian Artist · 1394–1424
All works by this person →The son of a sculptor, Mariotto di Nardo probably learned the rudiments of sculpture and painting from his father. Realizing his talent for painting at a young age, Mariotto soon established himself as a painter of frescoes and panel paintings and an illuminator of manuscripts. He was in great demand for public and private commissions. Early in his career, he became the principal artist for the ca
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- 1408
- Medium
- Tempera and gold leaf on panel
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Paintings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Once part of an altarpiece, this side wing and its companion were commissioned in 1408 by the confraternity of the Virgin and Saint Stephen for the church of Santo Stefano in Pane on the outskirts of Florence. The central panel featured a Coronation of the Virgin that is now in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Facing outward, an unkempt Saint John the Baptist wears a tunic made from an animal skin. Next to him, Saint John the Evangelist turns slightly to watch the coronation unfolding in the central panel. He holds a book, an allusion to his writings. Both saints are further identified by the inscriptions written beneath them. In a roundel above, an angel joins its hands in prayer.
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