Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Cappella del Legato; Life of the Virgin [fresco fragments]
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Cappella del Legato; Life of the Virgin [fresco fragments]
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Image View:
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Detail, grisaille figures surrounding a faux medallion below the panels of the Life of the Virgin
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Creator:
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Prospero Fontana (Italian painter, 1512-1597)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Comunale, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo d’Accursio; Piazza Maggiore 6
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GPS:
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+44.494167+11.341389
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Date:
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1562 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; trompe l'oeil
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Description:
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The Palazzo d’Accursio is the former town hall (until 2008) and is now a museum. The Farnese Hall (Sala Farnese), on the second floor, was rebuilt in 1665 by Cardinal Girolamo Farnese; these fresco fragments of a cycle of the Life of the Virgin were painted in the preexisting chapel (Cappella del Legato) in 1562. Around 1560 Fontana had worked briefly with Primaticcio at Fontainebleau in France; he also worked with Vasari and first began painting in the Mannerist style during this period. The fresco fragments were restored and the chapel opened to the public in 1991. (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-PFONTAN-CF-2-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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