Saint Luke Polyptych
Technical Details
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Title
Saint Luke Polyptych -
Author
Andrea Mantegna -
Year
1453 - 5 -
Dimensions
cm 177 x 230 -
Inventory
176 -
Room
VI
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.
