Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Tabernacle of the Linaioli
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Alternate Title:
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Tabernacle of the Linen-Drapers Guild
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Image View:
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General view, central panel, the Christ child stands on Mary's lap with the Dove of the Holy Spirit above
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Creator:
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Fra Angelico (Italian painter, ca. 1400-1455); Lorenzo Ghiberti (Italian sculptor, ca.1381-1455)
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Location:
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repository: Museo di San Marco (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Convent of San Marco, Pilgrim Room; Piazza San Marco 3
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GPS:
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+43.778198+11.259329
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Date:
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1433-1436 (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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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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panel painting
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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tempera on wood panel; gilding
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Technique:
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gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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520 cm (height, including frame) x 270 cm (width, including frame, shutters closed)
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Subjects:
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music; New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mark, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Peter, the Apostle, Saint; triptych
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Description:
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The sumptuous winged triptych depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints John the Baptist, Mark and Peter (1433-1436), commissioned by the Florentine Arte de’ Linaiuoli (the Linenworkers Guild) and thus known as the Linaiuoli (or Linaioli) Tabernacle, is Fra Angelico’s earliest surviving painting of unambiguous date. The guild officers commissioned Lorenzo Ghiberti to design the marble frame, which was completed by 1433. The painting is the largest single-panel image of the Virgin and Child executed in the 15th century; the saints are depicted on arched shutters. The predella consists of three independent, framed scenes (39 x 56 cm each). (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-FA-CSM-TLD-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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