Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Saint Mary of Egypt
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Saint Mary of Egypt
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Image View:
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Overall view of panel
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian painter)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Civico di Castelvecchio (Verona, Veneto, Italy) 15
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Location Note:
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Corso Castelvecchio 2
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GPS:
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+45.44+10.987778
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Date:
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15th century (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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tempera on wood panel
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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landscape; saints; wilderness; fantastical landscape
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Description:
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Unknown painter from Ferrara, possibly Angelo del Maccagnino, who was a frequent collaborator with Cosimo Tura. St. Mary of Egypt is revered as the patron saint of penitents, and after receiving Communion, retired to the desert to live the rest of her life as a hermit in penitence. (Source: Museo di Castelvecchio [website]; museodicastelvecchio.comune.verona.it/)
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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-I-V-CM-SME-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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