POLLAIUOLO, Antonio del
(b. 1431/32, Firenze, d. 1498, Roma)

Altarpiece of the Sts Vincent, James, and Eustace

1468
Tempera on wood, 172 x 179 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The picture was executed between 1466 and 1468 for the chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal - Jacopo di Lusitania, dead in Florence in 1459 - in the church of San Miniato al Monte. Antonio del Pollaiuolo, in collaboration with his brother Piero, painted here the patron saints of the young cardinal, Vincent, James of Compostela and Eustace, enhancing more preciouseness and of clothes and jewels than sacred value of figures. The original frame, painted and gilded, is attributed to Giuliano da Maiano. The altarpiece has been in the chapel until 1880, when was transferred to the Uffizi and replaced by a copy.

Restored in 1995.