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France, anonymous, 15th century According to an inscription on the frame, this triptych was commissioned in 1480 by Aloisius Rudolphe de Pérussis, a descendant of the distinguished Florentine dynasty of merchants and bankers, Peruzzi. Following its infamous bankruptcy as a result of political skulduggery/plotting and extortion in 1343, the Peruzzi’s were ousted from power by the De Medici family. Banished from Florence by Cosimo de Medici in 1434, the family took up residence in Avignon. | ||
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The altarpiece of Pérussis (1480) Italian renaissance painting was so predominant in the 15th century, that French artists fell into insignificance. Around 1450, Froment and Enguerrand founded the Avignon school, which nevertheless developed a highly individual style, greatly influenced by the direct and at times macabre realism of Flemish primitive painting. The altarpiece of Pérussis typifies the Avignon school in its simplicity and colour combination. In a simple symmetrical composition, the curiously empty cross is worshipped against a background vista of Avignon. One of the genuflecting figures is assumed to be the patron himself. The scene is flanked by the family coats of arms, on which static angels hold a banner bearing the Pérussis’ motto. The primitive positioning of the central angels, with their peacock-plumed wings, on either side of the immediately draws attention. They are painted in an endearing primitivistic style. |
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