The Trinity

between 1450 and 1475

Domenico di Francesco Italian, 1417-1491

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Title The Trinity

Artwork Date between 1450 and 1475

Artist Domenico di Francesco

Life Dates 1417-1491

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Gold leaf and tempera on wood panel

Dimensions Overall: 65 3/4 × 34 × 3 1/4 inches (167 × 86.4 × 8.3 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 25.145

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Provenance

until 1925, (A. Contini-Bonacossi, Rome, Italy)

1925-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Valentiner, W.R. "Early Florentine Painting," Bulletin of the DIA 7, no. 2 (November 1925): pp. 18-21, esp. pp. 19-20, (repr.).

Van Marle, R. The Development of the Italian Schools of Paintings, vol. IX. The Hague, 1927, p. 302 and note 1 [perhaps Massaccio, but not Masolino].

Van Marle, R. The Development of the Italian Schools of Paintings, vol. X. The Hague, 1928, pp. 254-56, (fig. 160) [as Massaccio?].

Giglioli, O.H. "Massaccio, Saggio di bibliografia ragionata," Bollettino dell'Istituto do Archaeologia e Storia dell'Arte, vol. 3, fasc. 4-6 (1929): p. 63.

Venturi, L. "Contributi: a Masolino," L'Arte, vol. 1, no. 2 (March 1930): pp. 165-179, esp. p. 179, (fig. 5) [cited, as Masolino].

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 136, (repr.) [as Masolino].

Valentiner, W.R. "Supplementary remarks on already published works of art in the possession of the Museum," Bulletin of the DIA 13, no. 3 (December 1931): pp. 33-36, esp. pp. 33-34, (repr.).

Valentiner, W.R. "Eine Verkundigung Masolinos," Pantheon, vol. 8, no. 10 (October 1931): pp. 413-416, esp. p. 413, note 4 (cited); English summary, same vol., pp. 74-75.

Lindberg, H. To the Problem of Masolino and Massaccio, vol. 1. Stockholm, 1931, p. 189 [no direct connection to Massaccio].

Venturi, Lionello. Pitture italiane in America. Milan, 1931, unpaginated, no. 158 (ill.) [as by Masolino].

Berenson, B. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Oxford, 1932, p. 194 [as unknown Florentine, ca. 1420-65].

Venturi, L. Italian Paintings in America, vol. 2., trans. Countess Vanden Heuvel and Charles Marriott. New York, 1933, pl. 190 [as Masolino].

Salmi, M. Masaccio. Paris, 1934, pp. 85, 139; pl. 190 [as Masolino?].

Toesca, P. Encyclopedia italiana, vol. 22. Rome, p. 501.

Pittaluga, M. Massaccio. Florence, 1935, p. 180.

Berenson, B. Pitture italiane del rinascimento. Milan, 1936, p. 167 [as unknown Florentine, between Masolino and Pesellino].

Longhi, R. "Fatti di Masolino e di Massaccio," Critica d'arte, vol. 4/5, pt. 2 (July-December 1940): pp. 145-191, esp. p. 166. Reprint in Opere complete,vol. 8, Florence, 1975, p. 29.

Valentiner, W. R. Italian Gothic Painting. DIA. Detroit, 1944, p. 36, (fig. 14).

Richardson, E.P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings, 2nd ed. Detroit, 1944, p. 84, no. 136 [as Masolino].

Masterpieces of Painting and Sculpture. Detroit, 1949, p. 42, (repr. only) [as Masolino].

Micheletti, E. Masolino da Panicale. Milan, 1959, p. 56 [cited, as Masolino].

Berenson, B. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, vol. 1. London, 1963, p. 217.

Paintings in the DIA: a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965. Detroit, 1965.

Fredericksen, B. and F. Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, 1972, p. 66 [as Holy Trinity by Domenico di Michelino].

Frinta, M.J. "The Quest for a Restorer's Shop of Beguiling Invention: Restorations and Forgeries in Italian Panel Painting," Art Bulletin, vol. 60:1 (March 1978): pp. 1-23, esp. p. 12; (figs. 11, 44) (detail) [as of modern origin; opinion latter retracted in a letter as of the period].

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attributed to Domenico di Francesco, The Trinity, between 1450 and 1475, gold leaf and tempera on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 25.145.