Altar retable painted on both sides with Christ Enthroned, the Twelve Apostles and Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1330 – 1333

Title

Altar retable painted on both sides with Christ Enthroned, the Twelve Apostles and Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Painter

• Meo da Siena and workshop

Period Produced

• 14th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1891

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Jesus Christ
• Twelve Apostles
• Andrew (apostle)
• Bartholomew (apostle)
• James the Elder (apostle)
• James the Less (apostle)
• Saint John the Evangelist
• Judas Iscariot (apostle)
• Judas Thaddeus (apostle)
• Saint Matthew (evangelist)
• Peter (apostle)
• Philip (apostle)
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• Thomas (apostle)
• angel
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Peter (apostle)
• John the Evangelist
• Bartholomew (apostle)
• Andrew (apostle)
• Saint James the Greater
• Philip (apostle)
• Thomas (apostle)
• Matthew (evangelist)
• James son of Alphaeus (apostle)
• Jude (apostle)
• Judas Iscariot (apostle)
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• Twelve Apostles

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Giles (saint)
• Saint James the Greater
• Jude (apostle)
• Judas Iscariot (apostle)
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• John the Evangelist
• Thomas (apostle)
• Philip (apostle)
• Matthew (evangelist)

Primary

• 11D322(+3) Christ enthroned (+ angel(s))
• 11I3 the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context)
• 11G angels

Secondary

• 48C1621 arcade ~ architecture