GIOVANNI DA MILANO
(active 1350-69, Milano, Firenze)

The Righteous of the Old Testament

1365-69
Tempera on panel with gold, 20 x 16 cm
Private collection

This panel is a predella fragment of a now dismembered altarpiece by Giovanni da Milano, depicting the Descent into Limbo. The subject suggests the predella would have been made up of scenes from after the Death of Christ.