Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Paradise (Coronation of the Virgin)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Paradise (Coronation of the Virgin)
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Image View:
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Detail, rows of saints and prophets surrounding the central throne
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Creator:
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Guariento (Italian painter, active 1338, died 1367 or 1370)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Ducale (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Doge's Palace, Piazza San Marco 1; Sala dell’Armamento
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GPS:
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+45.4339+12.34
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Date:
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1365-1368 (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); Italo-Byzantine
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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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Measurements:
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20 ft (height, approx.) x 70 ft (width, approx.)
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Subjects:
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allegory; New Testament; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Venetian
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Description:
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Guariento di Arpo was the leading painter of his time in Padua. The Paradise fresco (now in the Sala dell’Armamento), was formerly in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio and commissioned, as the inscription records, by Doge Marco Cornaro in 1365-1368. No documentary evidence links Guariento’s name with this commission, but the attribution is quite secure on grounds of style and is supported by 15th and 16th century accounts. The fresco was damaged by fire in 1577 and the charred but extensive fragments were discovered (1903) under Jacopo Tintoretto’s canvas painting (1588-1594; in situ) of the same subject. The central element was a Coronation of the Virgin on an immense and complex throne, surrounded by a host of Angels and seated Saints. Vestiges of the original color suggest that the chromatic range was distinctive and rich. The specific iconography of the scene, with ranks of seated and conversing Patriarchs and Prophets, can be read in the context of the location in the central debating chamber of the Venetian Republic. (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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7A1-ARPO-DP-P-A08
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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