The Trinity

Agnolo Gaddi

ca. 1390–96 · Tempera on wood, gold ground · European Paintings

This imposing representation of the Trinity (God the Father, his son Jesus on the cross, and the dove of the Holy Spirit) was painted about 1390 and is probably the center of a triptych. Among the leading painters in late-fourteenth-century Florence, Agnolo’s work, with its pastel colors and delicate modeling, was especially important for Lorenzo Monaco, whose four prophets hang nearby.

Artist

Agnolo Gaddi

Date

ca. 1390–96

Medium

Tempera on wood, gold ground

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941