Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of the Magnificat

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Madonna of the Magnificat
Alternate Title: 
Our Lady of the Magnificat
Image View: 
Overall view of panel (with black background)
Creator: 
Bernardo Daddi (Italian painter, active ca. 1280-1348)
Location: 
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40174
Location Note: 
Pinacoteca, Room II
GPS: 
+41.906389+12.454444
Date: 
ca. 1335-1337 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1: 
tabernacle (liturgical container)
Work Type 2: 
panel painting
Classification: 
painting
Material: 
tempera paint and gold gilding on wood panel
Technique: 
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Description: 
Fragment of the center panel of a tabernacle with shutter panels. Mary holds her work, the Magnificat, or Song of Mary, a canticle or sung hymn. The text of the canticle is taken directly from the Gospel of Luke (1:46-55). (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-DADDI-VM-MM-A01
Rights: 
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