This triptych (three-part) altarpiece was purchased in 1936 by businessman and former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon. The painting was given by Mellon to the U.S. Government in 1937 as part of a large donation that formed the basis of the National Gallery of Art.
Image: “Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels [entire triptych]” by Agnolo Gaddi (c. 1387). From the National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
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