"He heard that Cosimo de' Medici (whose support and favour he enjoyed) had been recalled from exile, and so he returned to Florence where he was commissioned to decorate the Brancacci Chapel of the Carmine, because of the death of Masolino da Panicale." I-128
Brancacci Chapel (left view)
"Masaccio started work again on the Brancacci Chapel, continuing the scenes from the life of St Peter which Masolino had begun and finishing some of them, namely, St Peter enthroned, the healing of the sick, the raising of the dead, and the restoring of the cripples as St Peter's shadow falls on them while he walks to the Temple with St John." I-130
Brancacci Chapel (right view)
St Peter enthroned
Healing with the shadow
Restoring the cripples
"The most notable among them, however, is the painting in which St Peter, in order to pay the tribute, at Christ's command is taking the money from the belly of the fish; for as well as being able to see in one of the Apostles, the last in the group, a self-portrait which Masaccio executed,...we are shown the bold way in which St Peter is questioning Our Lord." I-130
The Tribute Money
"St Peter is especially remarkable...when he pays the tribute, where we can see his emotion as he counts the money and the greed of the man who is receiving it and is looking at it in his hand with great satisfaction." I-130
The Tribute Money (detail)
"He also painted there the raising of the praetor's son by St Peter and St Paul; but he died before this work was finished, and it was subsequently completed by Filippino [Lippi]." I-130
The restoration of the son of Theophilus at Antioch
The restoration of the son of Theophilus (detail)
"In the scene showing St Peter baptising there is a figure of a naked man, who is trembling and shivering with cold as he stands with the others who are being baptised. This is very highly regarded, being executed in very fine relief and in a very charming style; it has always been praised and admired by artists." I-130
