The altarpiece of San Luca was made for the church of Santa Giustina in Padua from 1453 to 1454 and was one of Mantegna first works, and shows a lack of coordination in the sizes of the figures. It was created in a moment of intense dialogue between the two brothers-in-law when Mantegna is marrying Giovanni Bellini’s sister Nicolosia. It demonstrates the adhesion of the monastery of Santa Giustina to the new Benedictine rule invented by Father Ludovico Barbo.
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Saint Luke Polyptych
AUTHOR Andrea Mantegna
DATE 1453 - 5
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Tempera on panel
DIMENSIONS cm 177 x 230
INVENTORY 176
ROOM VI
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