Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary; Adoration of the Magi

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary; Adoration of the Magi
Image View: 
Overall view of the frescoes transferred to canvas
Creator: 
Gaudenzio Ferrari (Italian painter, ca. 1470-1546)
Location: 
repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note: 
Via Brera 28
GPS: 
+45.471944+9.188056
Date: 
1545 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1: 
fresco (painting)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
pigment on plaster (fresco) transferred to canvas
Technique: 
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements: 
190 cm (height, lower center panel) x 135 cm (width, lower center panel)
Subjects: 
New Testament; saints; Angels; Franciscans; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description: 
The frescoes decorated the chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin in the Franciscan church of Santa Maria della Pace in Milan, from which they came to Brera following the Napoleonic suppressions (1808); they were transferred to canvas for conservation in 1900. In his later work in Milan, Gaudenzio’s art took a new direction; he placed greater emphasis on a more theatrical language of gesture and expression, and he drew closer to the prevailing style of Milanese Mannerism. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-FERRARI-PVT-A01
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.