Saints Cecilia, Tiburtius, Valerian

The triptych represent saints Cecilia, Tiburtius and Valerius in an original attempt on the part of the artist to absorb Renaissance artistic innovations, such as the perspective of the pavement and the marble parapet decorated with classical medallions, within the confines of a linear style that is still Gothic. The studio of the “Master of the Cespo di Garofano”, so-called for his habit of inserting carnation plants as decorative motifs in his pictures, obtained the most numerous and important commissions in Verona in the second half of the 15th century. The master of the studio is now identified as the son of Giovanni Badile, Antonio.