SS. bishop, Petrus, Paulus and a diacon

Agnolo Gaddi's panel depicting Saints including a bishop, Peter, Paul, and a deacon (c. 1350) in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin likely formed part of a polyptych altarpiece created for a Florentine church. The grouping of these particular saints—combining apostolic princes with a local bishop and deacon—suggests a commission reflecting specific liturgical dedications. Agnolo Gaddi's workshop was the most productive in Florence during the final decades of the Trecento, supplying altarpieces to churches across Tuscany.

Egg tempera and gold on panel. The saints are arranged in a formal, hieratic composition with tooled gold haloes and background, executed in Agnolo's soft, harmonious palette of muted pinks, greens, and blues characteristic of the late Giottesque tradition.