Santa Trinita Maestà
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The Santa Trinita Maestà (Italian: Maestà di Santa Trinita) is a painting by the Italian medieval artist Cimabue
, dating to c. 1280-1290. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence
, central Italy
.
, the work had been commissioned by the Vallumbrosan
monks for the high altar of the church of Santa Trinita
. Once the Renaissance art developed in Florence, it was replaced with a Trinity by Alessio Baldovinetti
(1471), and moved into a side chapel of the same church, and, later, the monastery infirmary.
Vasari assigned it to Cimabue, and this has been confirmed by most modern scholars, although the dating remains disputed. Also the commissioning by the Vallumbrusans, of which no traces exist, has been put in discussion.
Cimabue
Cimabue , also known as Bencivieni di Pepo or in modern Italian, Benvenuto di Giuseppe, was an Italian painter and creator of mosaics from Florence....
, dating to c. 1280-1290. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, central Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
History
According to Renaissance art historian Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
, the work had been commissioned by the Vallumbrosan
Vallumbrosan Order
The Vallumbrosan Order is a Roman Catholic religious order, technically a Benedictine congregation, which derives its name from the motherhouse, Vallombrosa , situated c...
monks for the high altar of the church of Santa Trinita
Santa Trinita
Santa Trinita is a church in central Florence, Italy. It is the mother church of the Vallumbrosan Order of monks, founded in 1092 by a Florentine nobleman...
. Once the Renaissance art developed in Florence, it was replaced with a Trinity by Alessio Baldovinetti
Alessio Baldovinetti
Alesso Baldovinetti was an Italian early Renaissance painter.-Biography:Baldovinetti was born in Florence to a family of a rich merchant. In 1448 he was registered as a member of the Guild of St...
(1471), and moved into a side chapel of the same church, and, later, the monastery infirmary.
Vasari assigned it to Cimabue, and this has been confirmed by most modern scholars, although the dating remains disputed. Also the commissioning by the Vallumbrusans, of which no traces exist, has been put in discussion.