Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Capponi Chapel; Roundels of the Evangelists
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Capponi Chapel; Roundels of the Evangelists
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Alternate Title:
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Roundels of the Evangelists
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Image View:
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Roundel; St. Matthew, probably by Bronzino
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Creator:
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Pontormo (Italian painter, 1494-1557); possibly by Agnolo Bronzino (Italian painter, 1503-1572)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Felicita (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Cappella Capponi
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GPS:
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+43.766833+11.252636
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Date:
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ca. 1525 (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); Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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tondo
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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 wood
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; John, the Apostle, Saint; Luke, Saint; Mark, Saint; Matthew, the Apostle, Saint; Evangelists
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Description:
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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. As with the Lamentation, there is no emphasis on identifying the saints with their usual attributes. Except for the painting of St John by Pontormo, the precise authorship of the other three portraits has been debated; two or more may have been done by Bronzino, the apprentice to Pontormo. (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-PONT-CC-R-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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