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Seraphim, Cherubim and Adoring Angels: Left Pinnacle Panel

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This is one of two panels, almost mirror images of each other, that flank either side of the central and uppermost panel of the large altarpiece made for the church of San Pier Maggiore, Florence.

Gathered together against a completely gold backdrop representing heaven are groups of angelic beings: seraphim in red and cherubim in blue in the upper tier, and angels playing musical instruments and swinging incense-filled thuribles below.

The central panel showed the Trinity (God the Father, Christ, his son, and the Holy Ghost as a dove). This side panel evokes heavenly sounds and scents and was intended to add a sense of majesty and awe to the central image of the Trinity.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Seraphim, Cherubim and Adoring Angels: Left Pinnacle Panel

Date

1370-1

Medium

Tempera on poplar

Measurements

H 87 x W 37.5 cm

Accession number

NG571

Acquisition method

Bought, 1857

Work type

Painting

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