Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna del Carmine (devotional tabernacle)
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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 del Carmine (devotional tabernacle)
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Image View:
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Overall view of costumed papier mache figures in a glass-fronted case
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian artist)
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Location:
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repository: Museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza SS. Annunziata, 13
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GPS:
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+43.776308+11.261214
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Date:
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ca. 1790-1820 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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tabernacle (liturgical container)
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Work Type 2:
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devotional image (religious work)
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Work Type 3:
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figurine
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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wood; taffeta; worked silk; tulle; cotton fabric; linen lace; metallic yarn; gesso; papier mache
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Technique:
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appliqué embroidery; construction (assembling); modeling (forming); painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; votive statue
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Description:
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A Madonna and Child effigy, known as the "Madonna del Carmine," inside a portable tabernacle case with a glass front. The figures are papier mache, covered with gesso and painted, then dressed in elaborate small-scale costumes. These votive, devotional figures are similar in function to the Santos of the Spanish-speaking Catholic church.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-F-MI-MDC-A1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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