Saints Paul and Peter, and Saints John the Evangelist and Martin of Tours

Gallery 312, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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Saints Paul and Peter, and Saints John the Evangelist and Martin of Tours

c. 1428-1429

Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni Cassai) (Italian (active Florence and Rome), 1401–1428/29) , and Masolino (Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini), also called Masolino da Panicale (Italian (active Florence, Hungary, Rome, Todi, and Castiglione d'Olona), 1383/84–after 1444)

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.

Gallery 312, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Titles:

Saints Paul and Peter, and Saints John the Evangelist and Martin of Tours

Date:

c. 1428-1429

Artists:

Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni Cassai) (Italian (active Florence and Rome), 1401–1428/29) , and Masolino (Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini), also called Masolino da Panicale (Italian (active Florence, Hungary, Rome, Todi, and Castiglione d'Olona), 1383/84–after 1444)

Medium:

Egg tempera, oil, tooled gold, and silver on wood panel with vertical grain

Dimensions:

Each panel: 45 1/8 × 21 3/8 × 1/2 inches (114.6 × 54.3 × 1.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Inv. 408, 409

Geography:

Made in Rome, Italy, Europe

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