MASACCIO (originally Tommaso Cassai)
Biography
St Paul
1426
Tempera on wood, 51 x 30 cm
Museo Nazionale, Pisa
In 1426 Masaccio agreed to paint an altarpiece
for a chapel in the church of the Carmine in Pisa. On December 26th of
that year the work must have been completed since payment for it is recorded
on this day. The altarpiece (now referred to as the Pisa Polyptych) was
dismantled and dispersed in the 18th century. Attempts at reconstructing
it was based on a detailed description given by Vasari in 1568. The attempts
were only partially succesful, only eleven pieces came to light and they
are not sufficient to enable a reliable reconstruction.
The representation of St Paul is the only piece left in the city for
which it was painted.
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