Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Madonna and Child
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna and Child
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Image View:
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Overall view with restored paint (2008)
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Creator:
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Jacopo Sansovino (Italian , 1486-1570)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via del Proconsolo, 4
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GPS:
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+43.770423+11.257947
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Date:
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after ca. 1527 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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relief (sculpture)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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Plaster and polychrome papermaché
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Technique:
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modeling (forming); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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60 cm (height)
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Description:
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The sculpture was probably created in Venice, where the artist had transferred after the sacking of Rome in 1527. The work was restored in 2008 and most of the original color was recovered. Papermaché became a popular medium for reliefs in the 16th century.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-TAJ-MB-MC-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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