Portinari Triptych
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Summary
Portinari Triptych is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (963 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Hugo van der Goes[3]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
- Instance of: winged altarpiece[5], triptych[6]
- Commissioned by: Tommaso Portinari[7]
- Movement: Early Netherlandish painting[8]
- Genre: religious art[9]
- Based on: adoration of the shepherds[10]
- Depicts: Mary[11], Christ Child[12], Joseph[13], Mary Magdalene[14], Margaret the Virgin[15], Thomas the Apostle[16], Anthony the Great[17], Tommaso Portinari[18], girl[19], dragon[20], shepherd[21], angel[22], Gabriel[23], woman[24]
- Made from material: oil paint[25], oak panel[26]
- Collection: Uffizi Gallery[27]
- Inventory number: 00287056[28], 00281184[29]
- Location: Uffizi Gallery[30]
- Commons category: Portinari Triptych by Hugo van der Goes (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)[31]
- Catalog code: 10[32]
- Inception: January 1, 1475[33]
- Main subject: adoration of the shepherds[34]
- Location of creation: Southern Netherlands[35]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 73B25[36], 73B25(+3)[37], 41D2332[38], 47I1111[39], 11H(THOMAS)[40], 11H(ANTONY ABBOT)[41], 61B2(PORTINARI, Tommaso)[42], 61B2(BARONCELLI, Maria)[43], 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)[44], 11HH(MARGARET)[45], 11(+5):61B[46], 73[47], 11H[48], 11HH[49]
- Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[50]
- Title: Trittico Portinari[51], The Portinari Altarpiece[52]
- Height: 253 cm[53]
- Width: 586 cm[54]
- Culture: Early Netherlandish painting[55]
- Copyright status: public domain[56]
Why It Matters
Portinari Triptych has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]