Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Mary Magdalene Weeping [fresco fragment]
Alternate Title:
Volto di Maria piangente
Image View:
Overall view, fresco fragment remounted and framed
Creator:
Ercole de' Roberti (Italian painter, ca. 1455-1496)
Location:
repository: Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) 6381
Location Note:
Via Belle Arti 56
GPS:
44.497778 11.353333
Date:
ca. 1482-1486 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
fresco fragment (pigment on plaster)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
28.5 cm (height, maximum) x 39.3 cm (width, maximum)
Subjects:
human figure; New Testament; saints; Mary Magdalene, Saint
Description:
It is the only surviving autograph fragment of the original decoration of the Garganelli chapel in San Pietro, Bologna, initiated by Cossa and completed after his death, by Ercole de' Roberti (in 1482-1486); the complex was almost totally destroyed during the reconstruction of the cathedral, begun in 1605. Recovered in 1943 in the Casa Boschi and purchased by the Pinacoteca Nazionale in 1958, the fragment was part of the dramatic Crucifixion. (It is possible to reconstruct the original decoration of the chapel from copies, drawings and descriptions.) (Source: Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna; http://www.pinacotec abologna.benicultura li.it/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-ROBER-PNB-MMP-A0 1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Mary Magdalene Weeping [fresco fragment]