• Author: Alesso Baldovinetti
• Date: 1470 - 1472
• Collection: PAINTING
• Technique: Tempera painting
• Dimensions: 255 x 300 cm (with frame)
• Inventory: Inv. 1890 n. 8637

In the centre of a mandorla of seraphim and angels, the Trinity appears to two saints kneeling in the foreground: Benedict and John Gualbert. The epiphanic vision is revealed by two little angels who pull back the large curtain, like a stage curtain in a theatre.

Alesso Baldovinetti painted the altarpiece in 1470 on the commission of Bongianni Gianfigliazzi for the main altar of the Florentine Church of Santa Trinita, for which the painter had already created a stained glass window and would later be commissioned to create the frescoes in the choir.

The subject pays tribute to the dedication of the church and celebrates the Vallombrosian order through the depiction of the progenitor Saint Benedict and the founder of the congregation, Saint John Gualbert.