The San Marco Altarpiece was removed and dismembered in the seventeenth century during the renovation of the church belonging to the Convent of San Marco and dedicated to the two medical saints, Cosmas and Damian. In addition to the main painting representing the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints, there were 9 predella pictures, seven in the front and two on the lateral sides. Only two of the predella paintings remained in the Convent, all the others are now in different museums (in Washington, Munich, Dublin and Paris).

Based on the results of thorough research, scholars agreed in the reconstruction of the altarpiece. The predella pictures depict the story of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian on eight small panels, while the nineth, located in the centre, represents the Entombment (Pietà).

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Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	San Marco Altarpiece 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 220 x 227 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence	1145*1100 True Color 246 Kb
	San Marco Altarpiece (detail) 1438-40 Tempera on wood Museo di San Marco, Florence	907*900 True Color 179 Kb
	The Healing of Palladia by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian 1438-40 Tempera and gold on panel, 36 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington	1327*1000 True Color 190 Kb
	Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian before Lisius 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 38 x 45 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	1104*900 True Color 175 Kb
	Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Salvaged 1438-40 Tempera and gold on panel, 38 x 45 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	1200*936 True Color 204 Kb
	Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Condamned 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 37 x 46 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin	1146*900 True Color 200 Kb
	Entombment 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 38 x 46 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	1144*900 True Color 188 Kb
	Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Crucifixed and Stoned 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 38 x 46 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	1139*893 True Color 182 Kb
	Beheading of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 36 x 46 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1124*900 True Color 199 Kb
	Sepulchring of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 37 x 45 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence	1151*900 True Color 204 Kb
	The Healing of Justinian by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 37 x 45 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence	1248*900 True Color 159 Kb
	St Jerome 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 39 x 14 cm Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg	473*1400 True Color 132 Kb
	St Roche 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 39 x 14 cm Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg	474*1400 True Color 128 Kb
	St Bernard 1438-40 Tempera on wood, 37 x 15 cm Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg	468*1400 True Color 149 Kb
	St Romuald c. 1440 Tempera on wood Private collection	476*1400 True Color 139 Kb
	St Peter Martyr 1340-45 Tempera on wood Royal Collection, Hampton Court	479*1400 True Color 122 Kb
	St Thomas Aquinas 1340-45 Tempera on wood Collezione Vittorio Cini, Venice	482*1400 True Color 124 Kb