Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Andrew, Nicholas of Bari, Peter and Paul
Alternate Title:
Madonna con Bambino in trono, Sant'Andrea e san Nicola di Bari, San Pietro e san Paolo
Image View:
Overall view (gray background added)
Creator:
Bartolomeo Vivarini (Italian painter, active ca. 1440-1499)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Campo dei Frari
GPS:
45.436667 12.326111
Date:
ca. 1482-1487 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panels
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
175 cm (height, center panel) x 75 cm (width, center panel)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; polyptych
Description:
Located in the Bernardo Chapel (third south choir chapel). From 1464 until the late 1470s Bartolomeo enjoyed great success in Venice, painting a series of works for major altars in the Certosa di S Andrea, the Frari and SS Giovanni e Paolo, often under the patronage of leading Venetian families such as the Morosini and the Corner. In these he brought the Vivarini style up to date, gradually replacing Gothic frames with Renaissance ones and sometimes gold backgrounds with sky. The rich and graceful Renaissance frame is probably by Jacopo di Faenza. After the plague of 1631, the central part came to be called the Madonna della Salute. The upper panel is the Crucified Christ. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-VIVAR-SMF-TSM-A0 1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Andrew, Nicholas of Bari, Peter and Paul