Withypool Triptych

Artwork: Withypool Triptych

Artist: Antonio da Solario

Created: 1514

Medium: Oil on canvas & oil on panel

Dimensions: No description

Location: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Photography by @art_love_enjoy_life

——————————

“The English merchant Paul Withypool ( died 1547) may have commissioned this altarpiece from Antonio Solario while he was on business in Italy. In the centre the Holy Family are depicted with Withypool inside a simple chamber with two windows operating the view on to a distant landscape. Clutching a goldfinch, symbolic of ‘the Passion’, the Christ child lies on a marble slab. In the right bottom corner a painted piece of parchment reads: “Orate pro anima Pauli Withipol” (Pray for the Soul of Paul Withypool).(NGAL)

——————————-

#bristol #webgalleryofvisualart #webgalleryoffineart #lillynisthartistconcept #ukfootwalk🇬🇧 #bristolmuseum #bristolmuseumandartgallery #culture #education