Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: 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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Adoration of the Magi
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Image View:
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Detail, a servant removes Balthazar's spurs as he stands in front of the Holy Family; the metal parts are built up with gesso and gilded so they stand out in relief
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Creator:
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Gentile da Fabriano (Italian painter, ca. 1370-1427)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 8364
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Location Note:
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Piazzale degli Uffizi
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GPS:
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+43.7684+11.2556
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Date:
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1423 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
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Work Type 1:
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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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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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tempera and gesso on panel
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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300 cm (height) x 282 cm (width)
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Inscription:
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OPUS GENTILIS DE FABRIANO MCCCXXIII MENSIS MAII
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; International Gothic
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Description:
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Described as "the culminating work of International Gothic painting". Commissioned by the Florentine banker and patron of the arts Palla Strozzi, it was originally installed in the family chapel in Santa Trinita. The figures wear splendid costumes, brocades richly decorated with real gold and precious stones inserted in the panel, with areas of built-up metal leaf. They are accompanied by a multi-ethnic procession that also includes exotic animals, to emphasize their coming from the Far East. The frame is also a work of art, characterized by three cusps with tondos portraying Christ Blessing (center) and the Annunciation (with the Archangel Gabriel on the left and the Madonna on the right). The predella has three rectangular paintings with scenes of Jesus' childhood: the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt and the Presentation in the Temple (the last a copy, the original being in the Louvre). (Source: Virtual Uffizi Gallery [website]; https://www.virtualuffizi.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-GENTILE-AOM-B17
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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