Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Madonna in Glory with Seraphim
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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 in Glory with Seraphim
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Image View:
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Detail of Madonna and Child, seraphim in background, in grisaille (monochrome)
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Creator:
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Sandro Botticelli (Italian painter, ca. 1444-1510)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 504
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Location Note:
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Piazzale degli Uffizi
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GPS:
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+43.768639+11.255214
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Date:
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1469-1470 (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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panel painting
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Work Type 2:
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tabernacle (aedicule)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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tempera paint on wood panel
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Technique:
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grisaille; painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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120 cm (height) x 65 cm (width)
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Description:
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Two full figure pictures of the Madonna, the Madonna in Glory and the Madonna of the Rosegarden, arrived at the Uffizi in 1782. They represent monumental seated figures filling the entire picture. In this work Mary is enthroned on clouds in a glory of seraphim. The frame is original (with some 19th century restoration). The work may have been commissioned by the Bankers Guild, as evidenced by the gold "coins" painted on the red fascia of the frame (in the shape of a tabernacle), which also appears on their coat of arms. (Source: Uffizi Gallery [website]; https://www.virtualuffizi.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BS-UG-MC-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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