VIVARINI, Antonio
(b. ca. 1415, Murano, d. 1476/84, Venezia)

Polyptych of the Body of Christ

1443
Panels and wood bas reliefs, 339 x 183 cm
San Zaccaria, Venice

The polyptych together with two others, all executed by Antonio Vivarini and Giovanni d'Alemagna, are in the Chapel of San Tarasio in the church of San Zaccaria.

The polyptych of the Body of Christ (or the Sepulchre) is arranged in two registers. The upper register portrays Christ Resurrected, while the lower the Virgin Supported by Mourning Women and a Pietà with Sts Jerome and Pancras on the left, and Nereus and Achilles on the right.