In this artwork, how is the Reconstruction discussed?
Identifying the panels of the work and reconstructing the overall composition has been a long process, starting with Philip Hendy in 1931, who associated Saint Peter and Saint Paul (National Gallery, London) with Saint George and the Dragon (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum). Roberto Longhi then identified the Cook Madonna (Washington) and the Porto San Giorgio Pietà (Detroit) as parts of the altarpiece in 1946, followed by Federico Zeri identifying Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Jerome as another part in 1950. The final piece to be found was Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Lucy, identified by J. Bialostocki in 1956. The whole altarpiece was reunited in 1961 in Venice at a monographic exhibition on Crivelli and now at Porto San Giorgio there is only a copy of that reconstruction.
At the top was a lunette depicting a pieta (now Detroit Institute of Arts). Each side panel consisted of a smaller lunette and a main panel - that on the left had Saint Peter and Saint Paul (now National Gallery, London) below a lunette of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Jerome (now Philbrook Museum of Art), whilst that on the right had Saint George and the Dragon (now Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum) below a lunette of Saint Anthony Abbot and St Lucy (now National Museum, Kraków). The central panel, now known as the Cook Madonna, is a Madonna and Child now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Detroit Institute of Arts National Gallery, London National Gallery of Art Federico Zeri San Giorgio Philip Hendy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Roberto Longhi left Philbrook Museum of Art Cook Madonna National Gallery Madonna and Child Porto San Giorgio National Museum, Kraków lunette pieta