The triptych of 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 since the eighteenth century has been located in the sacristy of the oratory of the Confraternity of Santa Caterina della Notte, was created by Taddeo di Bartolo in 1400. The work bears the signature and date along the base of the central panel, where one reads «TADDEUS BARTOLI DE SENIS PINXIT HOC OPUS ANI DNI MILLE CCCC [...]».
The triptych, which since the eighteenth century has been located in the sacristy of the oratory of the Confraternity of Santa Caterina della Notte, was created by Taddeo di Bartolo in 1400. The work bears the signature and date along the base of the central panel, where one reads «TADDEUS BARTOLI DE SENIS PINXIT HOC OPUS ANI DNI MILLE CCCC [...]».
The "triptych by Taddeo di Bartolo" is divided into three cusped compartments, with the Madonna enthroned with the Child in the center, where the Child is depicted grasping his left foot while the Madonna holds his right; at the sides of the Madonna are two small angel heads and at the feet of the throne two musician angels – the archangels Michael and Gabriel – depicted kneeling in profile and richly dressed in brocaded garments decorated with lozenges and peacock eyes. In the side compartments there are two figures of saints, to the left Saint John the Baptist and to the right Saint Andrew. Critics have interpreted that the presence of the Baptist may recall the company of the Disciplinati (devoted to the cult of the Passion), while Saint Andrew could be linked to Saint John because he was his disciple before Christ. Furthermore, on the lateral pinnacles appear Saints Stephen, Agnes, Mary Magdalene and Margaret of Antioch, figures perhaps attributed not to Taddeo di Bartolo, but to artists of his workshop.
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