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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Zanobi Altarpiece
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Image View:
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Detail, group of onlookers on the right, a self-portrait of Botticelli
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Creator:
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Sandro Botticelli (Italian painter, ca. 1444-1510)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 882
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Location Note:
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Piazzale degli Uffizi
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GPS:
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+43.768639+11.255214
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Date:
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ca. 1475-1476 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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panel painting
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Work Type 2:
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altarpiece
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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tempera paint on wood panel
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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111 cm (height) x 134 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; portrait; self-portrait; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Medici family
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Description:
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Botticelli was commissioned by Guasparre (Gaspare) di Zanobi del Lama, a banker, to create the altarpiece for his family chapel in Santa Maria Novella. He is depicted in the painting as are Botticelli himself and several members of the Medici, both living and dead. Whether Botticelli's intimate relations with the Medici brothers Giuliano (1453-1478) and Lorenzo (1449-1492), allowed the wealthy Gaspare to introduce the portraits of their kinsmen in his altarpiece, or Gaspare was glad for this opportunity to pay a graceful compliment to these powerful personages is hard to tell. It is, however, apparent from the great pains in which Botticelli bestowed on these figures, that this formed an important part of the task. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BS-UG-AOTM-A13
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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