Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Adoration of the Magi
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Adoration of the Magi
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Alternate Title:
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Grimani Chapel; Adoration of the Magi
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Image View:
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Overall view of altarpiece
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Creator:
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Federico Zuccaro (Italian painter, ca. 1540-1609)
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Location:
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repository: San Francesco della Vigna (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Sestiere of Castello
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GPS:
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+45.4381+12.3486
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Date:
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1564 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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92 cm (height) x 58 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; rulers and leaders; Blacks in art; Franciscans; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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In 1564 Federico went to Venice to execute commissions for Cardinal Giovanni Grimani, including paintings of Justice (untraced), the Adoration of the Magi, the Resurrection of Lazarus and the Conversion of Mary Magdalene (untraced) all for the Grimani Chapel in San Francesco della Vigna. (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-ZUCCARI-SF-A-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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