Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary; Adoration of the Magi
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Image View:
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Overall view of the frescoes transferred to canvas
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Creator:
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Gaudenzio Ferrari (Italian painter, ca. 1470-1546)
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Location:
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repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Brera 28
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GPS:
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+45.471944+9.188056
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Date:
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1545 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster (fresco) transferred to canvas
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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190 cm (height, lower center panel) x 135 cm (width, lower center panel)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Angels; Franciscans; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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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/)
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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-FERRARI-PVT-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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