Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Christ and the Virgin Interceding for Mankind
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Christ and the Virgin Interceding for Mankind
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Image View:
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Detail, Bernard of Clairvaux kneels and points to a text
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Creator:
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circle of Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian painter, 1449-1494)
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Location:
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repository: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada) 1953.1084
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Location Note:
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1380 Sherbrooke Street West; Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
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GPS:
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+45.4987-73.5801
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Date:
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ca. 1490 (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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panel painting
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint; tempera on wood panel
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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87.6 cm (height) x 55.2 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint; Cistercians; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Holy Trinity; Holy Spirit
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Description:
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In the presence of the Trinity, the Virgin intercedes for man, exposing her breast that nurtured Christ. At the same time, Christ points to his mother and to his own wound as he looks upward towards a heavenly God the Father in a light mandorla, while the Holy Spirit, as a dove, descends towards him. This double intercession was cited in a text attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, founder of the Cistercian order, shown kneeling below. (Source: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CDGHIR-CVIM-A07
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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