Annunciation, detail of Pinturicchio's self-portrait
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Annunciation, detail of Pinturicchio's self-portrait
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Creator:
Bernardino Pinturicchio (Italian painter, ca. 1452-1513)
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Bernardino Pinturicchio (Italian painter, ca. 1452-1513)
Creator
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Maggiore (Spello, Umbria, Italy)
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repository: Santa Maria Maggiore (Spello, Umbria, Italy)
Location
GPS:
42.989883 12.672181
GPS
42.989883 12.672181
GPS
Date:
1500-1501 (creation)
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1500-1501 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Renaissance
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Renaissance
Style Period
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
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fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
Classification:
Paintings
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Paintings
Classification
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
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pigment on plaster (fresco)
Material
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
Subjects:
cycles or series; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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cycles or series; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subjects
Description:
In 1500-1501 Pinturicchio worked on Baglioni Chapel, S Maria Maggiore, Spello, painting scenes from the Life of the Virgin and the Young Christ. In the segments of the crossed vault over the wide, square nave the four Sibyls appear to be by an assistant, but on the walls the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Christ among the Doctors seem to be almost entirely by Pinturicchio. Here he toned down the overpowering decorative richness of his Roman projects, and there is a return to the limpid, serene narrative style of his early works. The large scene of the Adoration, with its lyrical, mysterious and picturesque landscape, is one of the highest achievements of 15th-century Umbrian painting. The Annunciation (signed bernardinus pictoricius perusinus) is depicted in the atrium of an aristocratic palazzo, with a view of the countryside at the center, while Christ among the Doctors is set in a large open square, with a varied assortment of figures and characters including the patron, Troilo di Rodolfo Baglioni (1463-1506), Bishop of Perugia. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
In 1500-1501 Pinturicchio worked on Baglioni Chapel, S Maria Maggiore, Spello, painting scenes from the Life of the Virgin and the Young Christ. In the segments of the crossed vault over the wide, square nave the four Sibyls appear to be by an assistant, but on the walls the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Christ among the Doctors seem to be almost entirely by Pinturicchio. Here he toned down the overpowering decorative richness of his Roman projects, and there is a return to the limpid, serene narrative style of his early works. The large scene of the Adoration, with its lyrical, mysterious and picturesque landscape, is one of the highest achievements of 15th-century Umbrian painting. The Annunciation (signed bernardinus pictoricius perusinus) is depicted in the atrium of an aristocratic palazzo, with a view of the countryside at the center, while Christ among the Doctors is set in a large open square, with a varied assortment of figures and characters including the patron, Troilo di Rodolfo Baglioni (1463-1506), Bishop of Perugia. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Description
Image Description:
Detail of a shelf with books and an amphor: under it is a self-portrait of Pinturicchio, featuring the dedicatory bejewelled inscription, "BERNARDINVS PICTORICIVS PERVSIN[VS]".
Image_Description
Detail of a shelf with books and an amphor: under it is a self-portrait of Pinturicchio, featuring the dedicatory bejewelled inscription, "BERNARDINVS PICTORICIVS PERVSIN[VS]".
