Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Adoration of the Magi (cell 39)
Image View:
Detail, the retinue of the Magi, dressed in exotic garb
Creator:
Benozzo Gozzoli (Italian painter, ca. 1421-1497)
Location:
repository: Museo di San Marco (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Convent of San Marco, Dormitory
GPS:
43.778198 11.259329
Date:
ca. 1441-1442 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
1175 cm (height, including tabernacle) x 357 cm (width, including tabernacle)
Subjects:
New Testament; Medici family; Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464; nativity; Holy Family
Description:
Cell 38 and 39 were intended for Cosimo de' Medici, who belonged to the community by virtue of his patronage, and are larger and more opulently decorated. These two were decorated, appropriately, with a Crucifixion with Patron Saints of the Medici Family in Cell 38 and the Adoration of the Magi, a subject with strong Medicean associations, in Cell 39. The Adoration of the Magi and the image of Christ as Man of Sorrows in the recessed tabernacle below met Cosimo's gaze once he ascended the stairs to Cell 39. Benozzo Gozzoli, whose style closely resembled that of Angelico, and an assistant painted these frescoes. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-GOZZ--CSM-AMM-A0 6
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Adoration of the Magi (cell 39)