Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Presentation of Mary in the Temple
Image View:
Detail, the infant Mary is presented to the priest
Creator:
Giuseppe Porta (Italian painter, ca. 1520-ca. 1575)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Campo dei Frari
GPS:
45.436667 12.326111
Date:
1548-1550 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
483 cm (height) x 247 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; miracles; Venetian
Description:
Giuseppe was apprenticed to Francesco Salviati in Rome from 1535, apparently assisted him in the decoration of a number of facades there, and seems to have taken his name "Salviati." In the mid-16th century, he lived in Venice and had a network of powerful patrons, eventually including the Doge. The painting is on the altar dedicated to the Purification of the Virgin. The mandatory subject of the altar painting is complemented by the eponymous saints of various members of the donor's family. The represented saints are Paul, Helen, Augustine, Bernardino, Nicholas, and Mark. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/in dex.html)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-SALVI-SMF-PST-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Presentation of Mary in the Temple