Two Haloed Mourners

Spinello Aretino, born in Arezzo and active across Tuscany, was one of the most versatile painters of the late Trecento, producing both large-scale fresco cycles and refined panel paintings. This fragment depicting Two Haloed Mourners, dated around 1391, likely came from a Crucifixion or Lamentation scene in a dismembered altarpiece. Now in the National Gallery, London, it exemplifies the expressive pathos that Spinello brought to Passion imagery, influenced by both Florentine and Sienese traditions.

Painted in egg tempera on panel, the fragment shows two grieving holy figures rendered with Spinello's characteristic energetic draftsmanship, expressive gestures, and fluid drapery folds that distinguish his hand from more conservative Florentine contemporaries.