Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Adoration of the Christ Child
Image View:
Overall view with frame (black background added)
Creator:
Lorenzo di Credi (Italian painter, ca. 1456-1536)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 883
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.768639 11.255214
Date:
ca. 1505-1515 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
tondo
Work Type 2:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Subjects:
landscape; New Testament; Angels; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
Certain parts of this painting, such as the angel's wings and the Virgin's tunic are unfinished. This indicates the master painted the most demanding and important elements of the commission, and left the rest to workshop assistants. The tondo is of unknown provenance and was recorded as being in the Uffizi as early as 1704. [Info from museum label.]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-CREDI-UG-ACC-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Adoration of the Christ Child