Frari Triptych
by Giovanni BELLINI

The signed and dated triptych with the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Musician Angels and Sts Nicholas, Peter, Mark, and Benedict is in the Pesaro chapel of the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. In this chapel lie the mortal remains of Frenceschina Tron, wife of Pietro Pesaro, and was commissioned by the couple's sons, Nicolň, Marco, and Benedetto. The work thus portrays the eponymous saints of the entire family. The paintings wooden frame is probably designed by Bellini himself in perfect spatial harmony with the painting.

Although apparently more "archaic" in that it once again follows a polyptychal scheme (possibly on the request of the commissioners), in many respects the painting constitute a further evolution of the San Giobbe Altarpiece, of which it is reminiscent in many ways.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Frari Triptych
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

1100*1183
True Color
231 Kb



Frari Triptych
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

1022*1096
True Color
193 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel, 184 x 79 cm
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

681*1600
True Color
163 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

1000*1307
True Color
131 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

862*1200
True Color
148 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel, 115 x 46 cm
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

671*972
True Color
195 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel, 115 x 46 cm
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

732*1500
True Color
115 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel, 115 x 46 cm
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

654*975
True Color
153 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel, 115 x 46 cm
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

710*1500
True Color
97 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

1073*650
True Color
73 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

637*869
True Color
101 Kb



Frari Triptych (detail)
1488
Oil on panel
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

624*924
True Color
108 Kb




Summary of paintings by Giovanni Bellini
-1459 | 1460-69 | 1470-79 | 1480-89 | 1490-99 | 1500-09 | 1510-
Altarpieces
Vincenzo Ferreri | Pesaro | Giobbe | Frari | Barbarigo | Zaccaria
Subjects
| Madonna and Child | Christ | Portrait |