Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Liberation of Saint Peter
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Liberation of Saint Peter
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Alternate Title:
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Liberazione di San Pietro
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Image View:
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Detail, the angel leads St. Peter out of jail, in bas-relief to the left the angel visits St. Peter in jail
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Creator:
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Luca della Robbia (Italian sculptor, ca. 1399-1482)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via del Proconsolo 4
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GPS:
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+43.770423+11.257947
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Date:
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ca. 1439 (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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relief (sculpture)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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78 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Angels; Peter, the Apostle, Saint
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Description:
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This relief, along with one showing the crucifixion of Saint Peter, must have formed part of the predella of a marble altar for that saint's chapel in Florence Cathedral. Together with an altar to Saint Paul, it was commissioned from Luca in 1439; neither work was ever finished. These reliefs are of fundamental importance for understanding Luca's interpretation of Donatello's and Masaccio's dynamics of a scene in space. (Source: Thais [website]; http://www.thais.it)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-ROBBIA-MB-CAAD-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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