Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Profile of a Man
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Profile of a Man
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Alternate Title:
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Profilo d'Uomo
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Image View:
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Overall view
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Correr (Venice, Veneto, Italy) CI. I n. 0011
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Location Note:
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Piazza San Marco 52
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GPS:
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+45.4339+12.3375
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Date:
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ca. 1450 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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panel painting
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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tempera on wood panel
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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portrait
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Description:
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Unknown, Ferrarese. The profile view, which was favored in ancient coins, was frequently adopted in the fifteenth century. A portrait was often commissioned at a significant moment in someone’s life, such as betrothal, marriage, or elevation to an office. (Source: Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia [online collection database]; http://www.archiviodellacomunicazione.it/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-FERRAR-MC-PM-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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