CRIVELLI, Carlo
(b. 1430/35, Venezia, d. 1495, Camerino)

Polyptych of St Emidio

1473
Tempera on panel, 290 x 280 cm
Cattedrale di Sant'Emidio, Ascoli Piceno

The polyptych is divided into three sections. In the centre is the Madonna and Child Enthroned, flanked by four saints: St Peter, St John the Baptist, St Emidio and St Paul. In the upper register is a Pietà with four other saints: St Catherine of Alexandria, St Jerome, St George and St Ursula. Below is a predella with the Blessing Christ surrounded by ten apostles.




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