Jacopo di Antonio (Master of Pratovecchio?)

A rather anxious-looking bishop holding a book and a crosier (bishop’s staff) gazes to his right, while behind him a demure female saint looks at the floor. These are probably Saint Donatus, first bishop of Arezzo in Tuscany, and Saint Antilla, patron of Montepulciano, whose remains were venerate...

This small roundel of the Angel Gabriel comes from a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted in Florence in about 1450. It was made for a side altar in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Pratovecchio.This is half of an image of the Annunciation, the moment Gabriel appeared to the V...

These saints come from a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted in about 1450 for the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Pratovecchio, Tuscany. Other parts of the altarpiece are also in the National Gallery.San Giovanni was a Camaldolese nunnery, and the saints included are those who...

This altarpiece is a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) but parts of it are missing. The two halves were not originally next to each other, but were on either side of a painting of the Assumption of the Virgin formerly in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista, in Pratovecchio, Tuscany.The w...

These saints come from a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted in about 1450 for the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Pratovecchio, Tuscany. Other parts of this altarpiece are also in the National Gallery.San Giovanni was a Camaldolese nunnery and the saints on its altarpieces were...

A small saint, hands clasped and gazing at the ground, stands against a dark background, his face contorted in pain and distress. This is Saint John the Evangelist, and he comes from a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted by Jacopo di Antonio in Florence in around 1450. It was made for...

Two saints – one with wings leaning casually on a sword, the other wearing an animal skin – stand in a Gothic arch. On the left is Saint Michael the Archangel, leader of the heavenly army, with Saint John the Baptist on the right. They come from a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted...

This small roundel of the Virgin Mary comes from a polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted in Florence in about 1450. It was made for a side altar in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Pratovecchio. Other panels from the same altar are also in the National Gallery’s collection.This...

This small, arched painting of the Virgin Mary grieving comes from a large polyptych (a multi-panelled altarpiece) painted in around 1450 for a provincial house of Camaldolese nuns in Pratovecchio, Tuscany. A number of other panels from this altarpiece are also in the National Gallery’s collectio...