Roverella Altarpiece

The Roverella Altarpiece was a 1470–1474 oil and egg-tempera on poplar panel work by Cosmè Tura, commissioned by abbot and cardinal Bartolomeo Roverella for San Giorgio fuori le mura in Ferrara in memory of his brother bishop Lorenzo Roverella.[1] It was damaged in an explosion in 1709 and moved out of the church. It is now split up between several museums.

Reconstruction

The known panels from the altarpiece are:

• Pietà with Saints, 132x267 cm, Louvre, Paris - upper lunette[2]
• St George, 39x29 cm, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego - main register, left, main panel (fragment)[3]
• Madonna and Child Enthroned, 239x102 cm, National Gallery, London - main register, centre[4]
• Saint Maurilius and Saint Paul with Niccolò Roverella, Galleria Colonna, Rome - main register, right, main panel[5][6]
• Circumcision of Christ, tondo, 38 cm (diameter), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston - predella[7]
• Flight into Egypt, tondo, 38 cm (diameter), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - predella[8]
• Adoration of the Magi, tondo, 38 cm (diameter), Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge (Massachusetts) - predella[9]

Gallery

Lunette

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  Pietà

Main register

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  Saint George (part of main left panel)
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  Madonna and Child Enthroned (central panel, double height)
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  Saint Maurelius and Saint Paul with Niccolò Roverella (main right panel)

Predella

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  Circumcision
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  Flight into Egypt

References

1. "Angelo Andreotti, Il polittico Roverella di Cosmè Tura. Alcune riflessioni a seguito della ricostruzione di Maurizio Bonora" (in Italian).
2. "Catalogue entry" (in French).
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4. "Catalogue entry".
5. "Article on the panel" (in Italian).
6. "Paintings of the Galleria Colonna".
7. "Catalogue entry".
8. "Catalogue entry".
9. "Catalogue entry".