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Saints Paul and Peter
Masaccioc. 1427-1428
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
This painting comes from a two-sided altarpiece once in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. It is generally thought that the great Renaissance master Masaccio designed and began painting this panel before he died at age 27. Masolino, with whom Masaccio had collaborated before, finished his young colleague's work.
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- Title: Saints Paul and Peter
- Creator: Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni Cassai), Italian (active Florence and Rome), 1401 - 1428/29
- Creator Lifespan: 1383/1445
- Creator Nationality: Italian, act. Florence, Hungary, Rome, Todi, Castiglioned'Olona
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date Created: c. 1427-1428
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: w21.38 x h45 in (Overall)
- Provenance: John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: © 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
- External Link: Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Medium: Tempera and tooled gold on panel with vertical grain
- Description: Lateral panel of an altarpiece from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome; probably begun by Masaccio and finished after his death by Masolino; companion to panels in John G. Johnson collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Inv. 409), and in the National Gallery, London (5962, 5963); the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (33,35); and the Pinacoteca Vaticana (no. 245, no. 260)
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