Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of the Earthquake

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Madonna of the Earthquake
Alternate Title: 
Madonna del Terremoto
Image View: 
Overall view in situ in the Palazzo d’Accursio (moved to this wall in the 19th century)
Creator: 
Francesco Francia (Italian painter, ca. 1450-1517)
Location: 
repository: Palazzo Comunale, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Location Note: 
Palazzo d’Accursio, Sala d'Ercole; Piazza Maggiore 6
GPS: 
+44.494167+11.341389
Date: 
1505 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1: 
fresco (painting)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
pigment on plaster
Technique: 
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects: 
cityscape; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; earthquakes
Description: 
The Madonna del Terremoto, shows the Virgin hovering over a topographically accurate view of the city. It was originally on a wall next to the nearby Cappella degli Anziani (Chapel of the Elders), as a votive offering for deliverance from the earthquake of 1505 and moved to the Sala d'Ercole in the nineteenth century. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
6A1-RAIBO-PC-MT-A08
Rights: 
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