Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna in Glory with Seraphim
Image View:
General view in gallery
Creator:
Sandro Botticelli (Italian painter, ca. 1444-1510)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 504
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.768639 11.255214
Date:
1469-1470 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Work Type 2:
tabernacle (aedicule)
Classification:
painting
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
grisaille; painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
120 cm (height) x 65 cm (width)
Description:
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.virtualu ffizi.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-BS-UG-MC-B01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna in Glory with Seraphim