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| Keywords: Triumph-of-death-sin-redemption-lorenzetti-c1342.jpg Pietro or Ambroglio Lorenzetti It measures 57 x 118cm and may originally have been a part of the predella beneath Lorenzetti's Presentation in the Temple dated 1342 Damaged and darkened it is held by the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena A narrow section is missing in this reproduction On the left side are scenes from Genesis representing Creation and the Fall A winged Death accompanies Adam and Eve as they are expelled from Eden In the large middle section we see the Reaper flying over both the Crucifixion and over the traditional pile of corpses including a pope The former reminds the audience that it is by Christ's own death that mankind was redeemed The latter along with a preaching hermit a parade of the living and some foreground figures constitute the conventional Triumph of Death elements In approaching Death they are also approaching Christ Matthew 16 25 Behind the procession is the City on a Hill Matthew 5 14 On the right side is a Christ in Majesty or Deesis with the Virgin and Baptist Angels carry the Cross as symbol of triumph over death while the Elect carry their own cross Matthew 16 24 At the lower right a demonic figure possibly also Death drives the damned into the Pit Scanned from Sienese Painting The Art of a City-Republic 1278-1477 Ambroglio Lorenzetti or Pietro Lorenzetti 1342 PD-old-100 PD-1996 Triumph of Death 14th-century paintings in Italy Paintings of Temptation of Adam and Eve Paintings of Crucifixion of Christ in Italy Paintings of Last Judgment Paintings by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Pinacoteca Nazionale Siena | ||||
