Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of Senigallia
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna of Senigallia
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna di Senigallia
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Image View:
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Detail, upper portion of Madonna, Child and one angel; the Christ Child wears a coral necklace
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Creator:
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Piero della Francesca (Italian painter, ca. 1415-1492)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Ducale di Urbino Piazza Rinascimento 13
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GPS:
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+43.723333+12.637778
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Date:
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ca. 1470-1474 (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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panel painting
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on wood panel
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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67 cm (height) x 53 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Angels; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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Among Piero’s last works is the Senigallia Madonna (painted for Santa Maria delle Grazie, Senigallia), an intimate depiction of the Virgin and Child between two silvery-blue and pink angels with a view into a background room. The extraordinary effect of reflected light from the shuttered window there is a distant prelude to Dutch 17th-century painting. From its small scale the painting was intended for private devotion. The Christ Child wears a necklace of coral, an allusion to the Eucharist. (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-PIERO-GNM-MS-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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