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The Holy Trinity
c. 1427 · Affresco — in situ (fresco, in place) · Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Firenze — in situ
For Trinity Sunday
Sizes
image 12.4×20 in on a 16×20 in sheet
The museum’s file supports 18×24 in at 240 dpi; a larger sheet would fall below our floor.
What is dpi?
Dots per inch: how many pixels of the museum’s file go into each inch of paper. Our floor is 240 for sheets up to 20 inches, 180 up to 36 inches and 120 beyond, because a larger print is seen from further away. We never offer a sheet below the floor, and the number on each size is the one you receive.
Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308 gsm cotton rag · pigment inks · printed to order
Printed to order · the whole painting, never cropped · if it arrives damaged, we replace it
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All editionsAbout this painting
God the Father stands behind the Cross and holds it by its arms, and Smarthistory notes His feet planted as if He bore the weight. Christ hangs in front of Him; the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella places the Dove of the Holy Spirit on the same line between them, Father, Spirit and Son on one axis. Masaccio paints a coffered chapel so that it looks cut into the wall. Our Lady stands at the foot of the Cross and turns one hand toward her Son. Two unnamed donors kneel outside the painted arch, on the same step as the church floor. In 1570 Vasari covered the fresco with a stone altar, and it stayed hidden until the nineteenth century. Below, a skeleton lies in a tomb with words for whoever passes: what you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.
Sources: Smarthistory, 'Masaccio, Holy Trinity' · Basilica di Santa Maria Novella official page · Commission history cross-checked against eclecticlight.co restoration-history account