The Triptych by Taddeo di Bartolo
Taddeo di Bartolo, Madonna col Bambino, i Santi Giovanni Battista e Andrea e gli arcangeli Michele e Gabriele
Taddeo di Bartolo, detail of the triptych Madonna with Child, Saints John the Baptist and Andrew, and the archangels Michael and Gabriel
Taddeo di Bartolo, detail of the triptych Madonna with Child, Saints John the Baptist and Andrew, and the archangels Michael and Gabriel
The triptych, which has been in the sacristy of the oratory of the company of Santa Caterina della Notte since the eighteenth century, was created by Taddeo di Bartolo in 1400. The work bears the signature and date along the base of the central panel, where it reads «TADDEUS BARTOLI DE SENIS PINXIT HOC OPUS ANI DNI MILLE CCCC [...]».
The triptych, which has been in the sacristy of the oratory of the company of Santa Caterina della Notte since the eighteenth century, was created by Taddeo di Bartolo in 1400. The work bears the signature and date along the base of the central panel, where it reads «TADDEUS BARTOLI DE SENIS PINXIT HOC OPUS ANI DNI MILLE CCCC [...]».
The “triptych by Taddeo di Bartolo” is divided into three pointed panels, with the Madonna enthroned with the Child at the center, where the Child is depicted grasping his left foot, while the Madonna holds his right; flanking the Madonna are two small angel heads, and at the feet of the throne two singing angels – the archangels Michael and Gabriel – portrayed kneeling in profile and richly dressed in brocaded garments decorated with lozenges and peacock eyes. In the side panels are two figures of saints, on the left Saint John the Baptist and on the right Saint Andrew. Critics have interpreted the presence of the Baptist as a reference to the company of the Disciplinati (dedicated to the cult of the Passion), while Saint Andrew could be linked to Saint John because he was his disciple before Christ. Moreover, on the lateral pinnacles appear Saints Stephen, Agnes, Mary Magdalene, and Margaret of Antioch, figures perhaps not attributed to Taddeo di Bartolo himself, but to artists from his workshop.
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