Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Saint Peter
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Saint Peter
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Alternate Title:
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San Pietro
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Image View:
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Detail, head of the saint with punchwork in the gilding
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Creator:
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Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian painter, active by 1306, died ca. 1348)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40163
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Location Note:
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Vatican Museums (Pinacoteca); Viale Vaticano
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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ca. 1329 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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tabernacle (liturgical container)
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Work Type 2:
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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 and gold leaf on wood panel
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Technique:
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gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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78 cm (height) x 42 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Peter, the Apostle, Saint
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Description:
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The panel was one of two doors of a tabernacle (a cupboard holding the consecrated Host). (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivaticani.va/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-LORENZ-VM-SP-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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