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Portinari Altarpiece
ArtistHugo van der Goes
Year1475–1476
MediumOil on wood
LocationUffizi Gallery, Florence

The Portinari Altarpiece or Portinari Triptych (c. 1475) is an oil-on-wood triptych painting by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes, commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, representing the Adoration of the Shepherds. It measures 253 x 304 cm, and is now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, Italy. This altarpiece is filled with figures and religious symbols. Of all the late-fifteenth-century Flemish artworks, this painting is said to be the most studied.[1]

  1. ^ Miller, Julia I. (1995). "Miraculous Childbirth and the Portinari Altarpiece". The Art Bulletin. 77 (2): 249–261. doi:10.2307/3046100. JSTOR 3046100 – via JSTOR.

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