Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Adoration of the Magi
Alternate Title:
Zanobi Altarpiece
Image View:
Detail, hat and crown at the feet of the two Magi in the foreground
Creator:
Sandro Botticelli (Italian painter, ca. 1444-1510)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 882
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.768639 11.255214
Date:
ca. 1475-1476 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Work Type 2:
altarpiece
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
111 cm (height) x 134 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; portrait; self-portrait; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Medici family
Description:
Botticelli was commissioned by Guasparre (Gaspare) di Zanobi del Lama, a banker, to create the altarpiece for his family chapel in Santa Maria Novella. He is depicted in the painting as are Botticelli himself and several members of the Medici, both living and dead. Whether Botticelli's intimate relations with the Medici brothers Giuliano (1453-1478) and Lorenzo (1449-1492), allowed the wealthy Gaspare to introduce the portraits of their kinsmen in his altarpiece, or Gaspare was glad for this opportunity to pay a graceful compliment to these powerful personages is hard to tell. It is, however, apparent from the great pains in which Botticelli bestowed on these figures, that this formed an important part of the task. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-BS-UG-AOTM-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Adoration of the Magi