Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of the Magnificat
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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 of the Magnificat
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Alternate Title:
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Virgin and Child with Five Angels
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Image View:
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Detail, center; Mary is crowned, landscape visible in background
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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. 1609
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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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ca. 1481-1485 (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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tondo
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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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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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118 cm (diameter)
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Description:
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The painting gets its title from the book open at the page of the "Magnificat". At the Uffizi since 1815. The Virgin, crowned by two angels, is depicted as the Queen of Heaven. The many stars in her crown are an allusion to her name in contemporary hymns as "Stella matutina" (morning star). Encouraged by the Christ Child, the Virgin is about to dip her quill and write the last words of the Magnificat, beginning on the right page with the large initial "M". The pomegranate which the mother and child are both holding is a symbol of the Passion and adds to the basic melancholy and meditative mood of the painting. The landscape shows Botticelli's familiarity with Netherlandish art. (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-MM-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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