Cervara Altarpiece
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The Cervara Altarpiece or Cervara Polyptych was an oil-on-oak-panel altarpiece painted by the Flemish painter Gerard David early in the 16th century for the high altar of Cervara Abbey in Liguria, Italy.
History
It was commissioned by the Genoese nobleman Vincenzo Sauli on 7 September 1506, as dated in a 17th-century document - Sauli's name is painted above the Virgin's feet in the central panel. David painted it in Bruges and it was installed in the Abbey in 1507.[1]
Description
It was originally formed of seven panels, which were divided up after the monastery's suppression and requisition in 1797 by the
saint Jerome and saint Maurus) and an upper central panel (measuring 102 by 88 cm and showing the Crucifixion).[2]
The central Virgin and Child and the upper Crucifixion panels were rediscovered in the Palazzo Ducale in 1805. In 1830 the painter
Louvre Museum in Paris - this shows God the Father with his hand raised in blessing, surrounded by angels. All seven panels were re-united at the Palazzo Bianco in autumn 2005.[4]
References
- ^ (in Italian) C. Di Fabio, Il Polittico della Cervara di Gerard David, exhibition catalogue, Cinisello Balsamo, Genova, Musei di Strada Nuova - Palazzo Bianco, 2005
- ISBN 978-88-572-0433-8)
- ISBN 978-0300121889. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). Albertozonghetti.it. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
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