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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Marriage of the Virgin
Alternate Title:
Sposalizio
Image View:
Overall view in situ in the gallery
Creator:
Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520)
Location:
repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) 336
Location Note:
Via Brera 28
GPS:
45.471944 9.188056
Date:
1504 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
170 cm (height) x 118 cm (width)
Inscription:
RAPHAEL VRBINAS M DIIII
Subjects:
architecture; New Testament; saints; Joseph, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
Raphael is said by Vasari to have been a pupil of Perugino, the master of Pinturicchio, who about 1500 was at the height of his powers. This work was moved to the Brera from the Church of San Francesco in Città di Castello in 1805. It is influenced by an altarpiece of the same subject by Perugino. Infrared reflectography reveals a dense set of lines converging on the temple door. These lines define the image perspective system, fully following that of "On the Perspective of Painting" by Piero della Francesca. The temple has been painted with such a precision that scholars have speculated the existence of a wood model. (Source: Brera Pinacoteca [website]; http://pinacotecabre ra.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-RS-MOTV-A10
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Marriage of the Virgin