Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Sassetti Chapel Altarpiece; Adoration of the Shepherds
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sassetti Chapel Altarpiece; Adoration of the Shepherds
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Alternate Title:
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Natività di Gesù, Adorazione dei pastori, Arrivo dei Re Magi a Betlemme
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Image View:
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Context view in Sassetti Chapel with donors flanking the altar
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Creator:
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Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian painter, 1449-1494)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Trinita (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Tornabuoni; Sassetti Chapel
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GPS:
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+43.770153+11.250719
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Date:
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1483-1485 (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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oil paint on panel
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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167 cm (height) x 167 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Nativity; Holy Family; Magi
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Description:
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In addition to frescoing the walls of the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trìnita, he was commissioned to execute the altarpiece of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with its prominent Classical sarcophagus and triumphal arch. Its iconography was probably devised by the humanist Bartolomeo della Fonte (1445-1513). The Adoration is entirely autograph and shows Domenico’s characteristic skill in synthesizing many sources of inspiration, including Classical sculpture, the monumental frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and Flemish painting: the figures of the shepherds reflect the influence of Hugo van der Goes’s Portinari Altarpiece which had arrived in Florence in 1483. (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-GHI-SC-AS-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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