"In the Carmelite Church at Pisa, inside a chapel in the transept, there is a panel painting by Masaccio showing the Virgin and Child, with some little angels at her feet who are playing instruments and one of whom is sounding a lute and inclining his ear very attentively to listen to the music he is making." I-127
Reconstruction by the National Gallery, London.
Virgin and Child, National Gallery, London
Crucifixion, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Pisa
"Surrounding Our Lady are St Peter, St John the Baptist, St Julian and St Nicholas...On the predella below are some small figures illustrating scenes from the lives of those saints." I-127
St Julian murders his father and mother; St Nicholas dowers the poor girls
The crucifixion of St Peter; the beheading of the Baptist
"In the centre [are] the three Magi offering their gifts to Christ. In this section there are some horses so beautifully portrayed that nothing finer could be wished for." I-127
The Adoration of the Magi
"Later on,..he determined to go to Rome in order to perfect his work and - as he succeeded in doing - make himself superior to all other painters...He did [a] painting in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, in a little chapel near the sacristy.." I-128
The altarpiece was largely by Masolino - Masaccio painted these two saints.
St Jerome and St John the Baptist, National Gallery, London

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