Two scenes from a predella
by PESELLINO, Tempera on panel,32 x 94 cm
The two scenes are from the predella of the altarpiece commissioned by Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464) for the altar of Cappella Medicea del Noviziato in Santa Croce, in Florence. The main panel of the altarpiece, Madonna Enthroned with Saints was painted by Fra Filippo Lippi.
The two scenes depict the Stigmata of St Francis, and Sts Cosmas and Damian Heal Justinian. Three other panels of the predella by Pesellino are together with the Lippi’s main panel in the Uffizi.