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Virgin and Child Enthroned: Saint Bonaventura (left); Saint Louis of Toulouse (right) Saint Agatha and Saint Augustine, an Unidentified Female Franciscan Saint and Saint Clare of Assisi, Four Male Fra by Vittore Crivelli

Virgin and Child Enthroned: Saint Bonaventura (left); Saint Louis of Toulouse (right) Saint Agatha and Saint Augustine, an Unidentified Female Franciscan Saint and Saint Clare of Assisi, Four Male Fra

Vittore Crivelli·1489

Historical Context

This is either a variant or a closely related pendant work to wiki-Q50821118 — another Vittore Crivelli polyptych with the same program of Franciscan saints centered on the enthroned Virgin and Child. The duplication of programs was standard workshop practice: successful compositions were repeated with minor variations for different Franciscan church patrons across the Marche. Vittore Crivelli's career after his brother Carlo's death in 1495 saw him sustaining the Crivelli workshop identity independently, serving the network of Franciscan institutions that had been the family workshop's primary clientele for three decades.

Technical Analysis

The format repeats the multi-register polyptych structure: enthroned Virgin in the upper tier, paired saints in lower panels. Vittore maintains the family workshop's characteristic emphasis on embossed and gilded decorative relief in the architectural framing and haloes. Individual saint panels are self-contained devotional images that also read as parts of a coherent whole — a balance the Crivelli workshop managed through consistent scale and color harmony across all elements.

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Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Quick Facts

Medium
Tempera on panel
Era
Early Renaissance
Style
Early Renaissance
Genre
Religious
Location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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