Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Glory of Florentine Saints
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Alternate Title:
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Gloria dei santi fiorentini
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Image View:
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Detail, light coming into the covered oculus by means of a row of windows
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Creator:
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Vincenzo Meucci (Italian painter, 1694-1766)
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Location:
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site: San Lorenzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza S. Lorenzo, 9
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GPS:
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+43.774917+11.253861
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Date:
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1742 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque; Eighteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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saints; Medici family; Late Baroque
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Description:
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Under the patronage of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, the last of the Medici ruling line, various important works were undertaken in San Lorenzo, Florence, between 1738 and 1743. Among them, Vincenzo Meucci frescoed the cupola in 1742 with the Glory of Florentine Saints. Among his pupils are Tommaso Gherardini. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-MEUC-SL-GFS-A10
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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