Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary; Adoration of the Magi
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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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Lower left panel, King Balthazar, shown as a young black man
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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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Image Description:
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Balthazar's blackness has been the subject of considerable recent scholarly attention; in art it is found mostly in northern Europe, beginning from the 12th century, and becoming very common in the north by the 15th.
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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-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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