Dubrovnik annals, No. 27, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/moxpjh1x0m
Pierantonio Palmerini’s Altarpiece for the Church of St Saviour in Dubrovnik
Tanja Trška
orcid.org/0000-0002-0831-1730
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper discusses the commission and stages of execution of the high retable of the church of St Saviour in Dubrovnik, of which survives only the altarpiece of the Ascension, commissioned in 1527 from Pierantonio Palmerini from Urbino. Before signing the contract for the St Saviour altarpiece, Pierantonio Palmerini painted its modello, a presentation piece then acquired for the Senate Hall, while the wooden frame for Palmerini’s altarpiece was executed by architect and woodcarver Giovanni (Zanetto) di Francesco del Coro from Ancona, who received final payment after its delivery to Dubrovnik in March 1528. The high altar of the church of St Saviour was finally completed in 1533, when magister Petrus pictor—most likely Pietro di Giovanni, a Venetian painter active in Dubrovnik—decorated the altarpiece frame with azurite and gold.
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311764
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Publication date:
20.12.2023.
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