Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Holy Family

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Holy Family
Alternate Title: 
Sacra Famiglia
Image View: 
Overall view in frame (black background added)
Creator: 
Luca Signorelli (Italian painter, ca. 1450-1523)
Location: 
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 1605
Location Note: 
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS: 
+43.768639+11.255214
Date: 
ca. 1485-1488 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
tondo
Work Type 2: 
panel painting
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
oil paint on wood panel
Technique: 
oil painting (technique)
Measurements: 
124 cm (diameter)
Subjects: 
New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Saint Joseph
Description: 
The Virgin and Child, either alone, with Saint Joseph or in "holy conversation" with another saint was a very common theme with Signorelli, painted in the tondo (round) format. The tondo developed as an independent form in Florence in the first half of the 15th century. Tondi paintings were produced in Florence primarily for domestic settings including bedchambers. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-SIGN-UG-HF-A01
Rights: 
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