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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Allegory of Divine Providence
Work_PrefTitle
Allegory of Divine Providence
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Alternate Title:
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Triumph of Divine Providence and Barberini Power
Work_AltTitle
Triumph of Divine Providence and Barberini Power
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Image View:
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Detail, grisaille (monochrome) fresco painted to resemble carved stucco work and gilded medallions, divides yet connects the scenes
Image_Title
Detail, grisaille (monochrome) fresco painted to resemble carved stucco work and gilded medallions, divides yet connects the scenes
Image View
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Creator:
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Pietro da Cortona (Italian painter, 1596-1669)
Agent_Display
Pietro da Cortona (Italian painter, 1596-1669)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Barberini, Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13
Work_LocationNotes
Palazzo Barberini, Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.903611 12.490278
GPS
41.903611 12.490278
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Date:
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1632-1639 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1632-1639 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Baroque
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Baroque
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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painting
Work_Classification
painting
Classification
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster
Material
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Technique
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Measurements:
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15 m (width, approx.) x 25 m (length, approx.)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
15 m (width, approx.) x 25 m (length, approx.)
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Description:
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After he had decorated a small gallery and chapel in the newly built Palazzo Barberini in 1631-1632, Francesco Barberini commissioned him to decorate the vast vault of the palazzo’s Gran Salone, on which Cortona worked for seven years. Cortona’s creation of an illusionistic architectural framework of feigned stucco, which divides the surface into five painted scenes yet connects and relates the scenes and figures, was absolutely new. The room seems open to the sky, and the richly decorated framework strengthens the unity of the illusionistic view. The theme of the fresco is an Allegory of Divine Providence, personified by the activities of Urban VIII. In the center of the vault emblems of the Barberini family were provided with attributes of immortality, and along the cove historical and allegorical scenes illustrate the virtues of the Barberini. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
After he had decorated a small gallery and chapel in the newly built Palazzo Barberini in 1631-1632, Francesco Barberini commissioned him to decorate the vast vault of the palazzo’s Gran Salone, on which Cortona worked for seven years. Cortona’s creation of an illusionistic architectural framework of feigned stucco, which divides the surface into five painted scenes yet connects and relates the scenes and figures, was absolutely new. The room seems open to the sky, and the richly decorated framework strengthens the unity of the illusionistic view. The theme of the fresco is an Allegory of Divine Providence, personified by the activities of Urban VIII. In the center of the vault emblems of the Barberini family were provided with attributes of immortality, and along the cove historical and allegorical scenes illustrate the virtues of the Barberini. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CPD-PB-TDP-23
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-CPD-PB-TDP-23
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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