Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of Mercy
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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 of Mercy
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna della Misericordia
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Image View:
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Overall view, from front
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian, Venetian)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Correr (Venice, Veneto, Italy) Cl. XIX n. 0234
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Location Note:
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Piazza San Marco 52
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GPS:
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+45.4339+12.3375
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Date:
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ca. 1400-1499 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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wood, painted and gilded
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Technique:
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carving (processes); gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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300 cm (height, approx.) x 200 cm (width, approx.) x 50 cm (depth, approx.)
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Subjects:
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allegory; New Testament; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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The Virgin of Mercy is a subject in Christian Art, showing a group of people sheltering for protection under the outspread cloak, or pallium of the Virgin Mary. It was especially popular in Italy from the 13th to 16th centuries, often as a specialized form of votive portrait. In Italian it is known as the Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of Mercy). This sculpture is now missing the smaller figures which would have been under the cloak. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-RE-MC-OLM-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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