VIVARINI, Bartolomeo
(b. ca. 1440, Murano, d. ca. 1499, Murano)

St Ambrose Polyptych (detail)

1477
Tempera on wood, 108 x 36 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

This is one of the side panels of the St Ambrose Polyptych representing St Louis of France. The saint, set in a rather restricted space, is clad in a brilliantly coloured mantle with the sharp folds typical of Bartolomeo's painting.