The convent of San Gallo was subsequently destroyed in the siege of Florence.
The panel was then transported by the Augustinian Brothers to their new seat, San Jacopo tra i Fossi, whence in 1626 it passed into the possession of the Grand Duchess Maria Magdalene who transferred it to the chapel then being built in Palazzo Pitti.
It is an early work of Andrea done when Pontormo was in his workshop.
автор:
Сарто А. дель
Andrea del Sarto
место:
Флоренция
Florence
перемещение:
монастырь святой Гали (1513 - 1529)
convent of San Gallo
храм св. Якова (1529 - 1626)
San Jacopo tra i Fossi
храм св. Марии Магдалины (1626 - )
Maria Maddalena
гал. Палатина (дворец Питти)
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)
место:
часовня
chapel
композиция:
The atmosphere is charged with ancient references quoted blithely in the theatrical background which forms a setting for the almost unrecognizable biblical story.
It is usually interpreted as Susanna and the Elders - a Susanna who resembles a male nude;
the Elders, three of them, lightly touched in with a few brushstrokes, are pointing to her up in an airy loggia worthy of Pontormo or Rosso.
The two figures of the Maria and the Angel in the foreground, accompanied by two angels, full of gentle human beauty, are vibrant with poetic intensity.
