The Tribute Money (Masaccio)

The Tribute Money is a fresco by the Italian early Renaissance painter Masaccio, located in the Brancacci Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence and painted in the 1420s. It illustrates an episode from the Gospel of Matthew in which Christ instructs Saint Peter to find a coin in the mouth of a fish to pay the temple tax, combining three moments of the story within a single continuous landscape, an unusual narrative device for its time. Widely regarded as one of Masaccio finest achievements, the fresco is celebrated for its pioneering use of linear perspective, weighty, sculptural figures and a consistent light source, qualities that made it a touchstone for later Renaissance painters including Michelangelo. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/