Two men with gray hair and beards stand under pointed arches with a winged angel in the triangular gable above, all against a gold background and set within a carved, gold frame in this vertical painting. This is the left wing of a three-panel triptych. The people all have pale skin with rosy cheeks, and the men’s faces are shaded with gray. Each man is set within his own pointed arch. Both of their bodies are angled very slightly to our right, toward the central panel, and they both wear long, voluminous robes. The man on the left gazes over our heads with dark eyes. His long, wavy gray…
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Saint Andrew and Saint Benedict with the Archangel Gabriel [left panel]

painter Agnolo Gaddi (Florentine, c. 1350 - 1396)

shortly before 1387

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 197 × 80 cm (77 9/16 × 31 1/2 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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