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Holy Trinity (Masaccio)

The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin and Saint John and donors (Italian: Santa Trinità) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Masaccio in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, in Florence. The fresco was among Masaccio's last major commissions and is often cited as one of the first monumental Renaissance paintings to utilize linear perspective.

History The Trinity is thought to have been created by Masaccio between 1425-1427. He died in late 1428 at the age of 26, or having just turned 27, leaving behind a relatively small body of work.

Interpretation Masaccio's fresco is a sacra conversazione, a popular type of Renaissance religious imagery that portrayed contemporary peo...

c. 1426-1428
Fresco
667.0 x 317.0cm
Q977200
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