Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Pentecost Altarpiece
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pentecost Altarpiece
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Image View:
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Detail, central panel, the Dove of the Holy Ghost descends on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles
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Creator:
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Benedetto Nucci (Italian painter, 1515-1587)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Civico di Palazzo dei Consoli (Gubbio, Umbria, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza Grande
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GPS:
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+43.353333+12.578333
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Date:
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1563 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
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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 canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Apostles; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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A large altarpiece from a church in Gubbio, where Benedetto Nucci spent his entire career. In the upper lunette, God the Father sends the Dove of the Holy Spirit to the Virgin Mary and the Apostles.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-NUCCI-PCG-P-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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