The Recanati Polyptych (Italian: Polittico di Recanati ) is an oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto , executed in 1506–1508 and housed in the Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels , Recanati , Italy. The work is dated and signed Laurent[ius] Lotus MDVIII .
7-630: Lotto began to work on the piece in 1506 as a devotional for the church of San Domenico in Recanati. The work was seen and described complete and in situ by Giorgio Vasari in his Vite , where he wrote that Lotto "was still young and followed partly the manner of the Bellini, partly that of Giorgione". By 1861, the polyptych was disassembled, but was later recomposed and transferred to the Communal Art Gallery. San Domenico still contains
14-473: A Lotto fresco depicting St Vincent Ferrer . The polyptych includes a larger altarpiece in the center, flanked by two smaller ones in the same shape. At the top are two side panels with saints, and a top rectangular one depicting the Pietà . The polyptych scheme, related to a 15th-century old-fashioned scheme, was perhaps chosen by the friars of the convent. Lotto developed it into a single composition, at least in
21-522: Is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Giacomo Leopardi #3 in the center of the town of Recanati , province of Macerata , in the region of Marche , Italy. The Dominicans arrived in Recanati soon after 1272, and began construction of a church and monastery. The latter no longer exists. This church was first completed in the 14th century presumably at the site of an earlier pagan Roman temple. The brick facade has mullioned windows in Gothic style. It
28-478: The 19th century, Lotto's famous Recanati Polyptych (1508), made for this church, has been relocated, and in 2016 it is housed in the Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels of Recanati. It is faced by a terracotta statue of St Sebastian by Torregiani. The portal of the church, made of white Istrian stone, was designed by Giuliano da Maiano . The portal has garlanded frieze above and festoons of fruits along
35-563: The Italian Renaissance in the 15th century. The panels are: The presence of Dominican saints is connected to the order who held the church, while Flavian and Vitues are the patrons saints of Recanati. Saint Dominic himself is portrayed in the central panel while receiving the white scapular from the Virgin. Next to Dominic are two little musician angels, who are scared by him. San Domenico, Recanati The San Domenico
42-408: The lower panels, with a scene set under a loggia with a coffered barrel vault in center and two minor vaults at the sides, while in the background is a landscape representation. The niches in the background, featuring Byzantine-style mosaics, are inspired by earlier works by Giovanni Bellini , while the checkerboard pavement is an example of knowledge of the geometrical perspective introduced by
49-490: Was rebuilt in the early 18th century, and had further refurbishments. The interior is said to hold a relic of the Holy Cross transported here by Peter of Verona . This venerated relic was housed in a silver crucifix; when the weather appeared inclement, the crucifix was brought outside to ward away threatening storms. The first altar on the left has a fresco depicting St Vincent Ferrer (1513) by Lorenzo Lotto . Since
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