Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna and Child
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna and Child
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna col Bambino
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Image View:
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Detail, heads of the Virgin and child with punchwork in the gold leaf
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Creator:
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Jacopo del Casentino (Italian painter, 1279-ca.1358)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40179
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Location Note:
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Vatican Museums (Pinacoteca); Viale Vaticano
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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ca. 1320 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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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 and gold leaf on wood (poplar) panel
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Technique:
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gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; polyptych
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Description:
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This was the central panel in an altarpiece with five panels. There is punchwork in the gold leaf creating the halos. Jacopo del Casentino was probably trained in Florence. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivaticani.va/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-CASENT-VM-MC-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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