What was the first painting to use one-point linear perspective?

Question

I'm studying for an Art History exam and I've lost my text book and I can't find this in my notes- and I usually take excellent notes. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

I was taught that Masaccio's "Trinity" from the 1420's was the first painting - see for example http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/masaccio/trinity/trinity.html . But later I have read that it was Brunelleschi that was credited with inventing the one-point linear perspective. His picture, however, is said to be lost. But an article at http://www.ams.org/notices/200001/rev-phillips.pdf says that "Nevertheless, the appearance of one-point perspective in the bas-relief of St George and the Dragon (Orsanmichele, Florence) executed by Brunelleschi's friend Donatello in 1417 makes it plausible that the method was indeed invented by Brunelleschi before that date".