Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Perseus Rescuing Andromeda
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Perseus Rescuing Andromeda
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Alternate Title:
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Perseo libera Andromeda
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Image View:
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Detail, right corner, crowd of onlookers with fantastical musical instruments
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Creator:
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Piero di Cosimo (Italian painter, 1462-1521)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 1536
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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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ca. 1510-1513 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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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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Measurements:
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70 cm (height) x 123 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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landscape; mythology (Classical); dragons; mythical creatures
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Description:
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Piero worked primarily in tempera on panel, although he appears frequently to have used both egg and oil media in the same picture. In the first phase of his career, Piero was influenced by the Netherlandish naturalism of Hugo van der Goes and frequently painted detailed scenes from classical mythology. The painting is mentioned in 1568 by Giorgio Vasari, who states that it was commissioned by Filippo Strozzi the Elder, and gifted by Giovanni Battista Strozzi to a member of Cosimo I de' Medici's personnel. (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-PCOSIMO-PRA-A09
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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