Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bufalini Chapel: Transfiguration of Saint Bernardino of Siena
Alternate Title:
Bufalini Chapel
Image View:
Top, the resurrected Jesus Christ in a mandorla surrounded by angels and cherubim
Creator:
Bernardino Pinturicchio (Italian painter, ca. 1452-1513)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Scala dell'Arce Capitolina 12
GPS:
41.893889 12.483333
Date:
1486 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Inscription:
"Pater MANIFESTAVI NOMEN TVVM (H) OMINIBVS" (Father Made Your Name)
Subjects:
cycles or series; landscape; saints; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226; Franciscans
Description:
Pinturicchio's first important independent commission was to fresco the chapel of St. Bernardino, St. Maria d’Aracoeli, Rome, for Niccolò di Manno Bufalini (ca. 1430-1506), a prominent consistorial advocate in the papal court. On the ceiling vaults he painted the four Evangelists (badly deteriorated) and on the walls scenes from the Lives of SS Francis and Bernardino of Siena. On the altar wall is the transfiguration of St. Bernardino between SS Louis of Toulouse and Anthony of Padua, with the resurrected Christ in the mandorla above accompanied by angels. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
6A1-PINTUR-BC-A18
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bufalini Chapel: Transfiguration of Saint Bernardino of Siena