Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Capponi Chapel; Annunciation
Alternate Title:
Annunciation
Image View:
Detail, Archangel Gabriel, detail of torso and arms
Creator:
Pontormo (Italian painter, 1494-1557)
Location:
repository: Santa Felicita (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Cappella Capponi
GPS:
43.766833 11.252636
Date:
ca. 1527-1528 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
368 cm (height) x 168 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Gabriel (Archangel); Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
In 1525-1528 Pontormo painted the most important ensemble of his maturity, the decoration of the Capponi Chapel in S Felìcita, Florence (in situ). The altarpiece shows the Lamentation; in the pendentives of the dome are tondi of St John the Evangelist, St Matthew, St Luke, and St Mark, and on the side wall is a fresco of the Annunciation. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PONT-CC-A-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Capponi Chapel; Annunciation