page_title: Old St. Peter's Basilica
section_title: Stefaneschi Triptych
hierarchical_section_title: Old St. Peter's Basilica / Stefaneschi Triptych
caption_attribution_description: English: The Stefaneschi Triptych, front face, created by Giotto di Bondone in 1320 for en:Cardinal Jacopo
context_page_description: Old St. Peter's Basilica was the building that stood, from the 4th to 16th centuries, where the new St. Peter's Basilica stands today in Vatican City. Construction of the basilica, built over the historical site of the Circus of Nero, began during the reign of Emperor Constantine I. The name "old St. Peter's Basilica" has been used since the construction of the current basilica to distinguish the two buildings.
context_section_description: The Stefaneschi Altarpiece is a triptych by the Italian medieval painter Giotto,  commissioned by Cardinal Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi to serve as an altarpiece for one of the altars of Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
  It is a rare example in Giotto's work of a documented commission, and includes Giotto's signature, although the date, like most dates for Giotto, is disputed, and many scholars feel the artist's workshop was responsible for its execution. It had long been thought to have been made for the main altar of the church; more recent research suggests that it was placed on the "canon's altar",  located in the nave, just to the left of the huge arched opening into the transept. It is now at the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome.
caption: Front side. Tempera on wood.  cm 178 × 89 (central panel); cm 168 × 83 c. (side panels); cm 45 c. × 83 c. (each section of the predella)
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