Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Beheading of the Baptist
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Beheading of the Baptist
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Image View:
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Detail, the body of the Baptist kneeling at the block; the view of the severed neck is blocked by the body of the executioner
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Creator:
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Andrea del Sarto (Italian painter, 1486-1530)
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Location:
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repository: Chiostro dello Scalzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Camillo Benso Cavour, 69
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GPS:
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+43.779619+11.259464
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Date:
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1523 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille
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Measurements:
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194 cm (height, approx., each panel) x 201 cm (width, approx., each panel)
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Relation Work:
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partOf Cloister of the Scalzo Fresco Cycle
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Description:
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This panel is the last on the west wall, painted after Del Sarto's return from France. The figure of the executioner shows greater modeling and sculptural clarity than the earlier panels. John's head is presented to Salome and Herodias, but the tension between their desire and Herod's is represented by the striped baton of authority pointed at them. (Source: McKillop, Susan Regan; Franciabigio, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974 (0520016882, 9780520016880))
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-SARTO-CS-S11-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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