37588
Accession Number
16092
Title Of Article Chaper
Nuovi affreschi nella Cappella Brancacci: Masaccio e Masolino
Title Of Journal Book
Critica d'arte
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
65-72
Language Of Text
Italian
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A recent scientific survey of Cappella Brancacci (Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence), reveals that frescoes by Masolino in the vault and the two lunettes on the side walls have been completely destroyed. Two sinopie, on the back wall, have been saved: one, attributed to Masaccio, depicts the Lament of S. Peter; the other, attributed to Masolino, shows the Denial of S. Peter. Brings to light the discovery of painted ornament, racemes, and two female heads within medallions, on the jambs of the Gothic mullioned windows above the air. Attributes to Masolino the painting on the left jamb and to Masaccio that on the right. In addition, fragments which seem to have been part of a Crucifixion of Peter were found under the window sill above the altar in an iconographically unprecedented location. -- AATA
Keywords
Cappella Brancacci;Lament of s. Peter;Denial of S. Peter; Masolino, Masaccio;Art history attribution;Mural painting examination; ? AATA
pub_id
37588
Title Translation
New frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci: Masaccio and Masolino