Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Scappi Altarpiece
Alternate Title:
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Paul, Francis and infant John the Baptist
Image View:
Detail, upper portion with landscape and St. Paul (left) and St. Francis (right)
Creator:
Francesco Francia (Italian painter, ca. 1450-1517)
Location:
repository: Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) 571
Location Note:
Via Belle Arti 56
GPS:
44.497778 11.353333
Date:
ca. 1495 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
182 cm (height) x 140 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Description:
The altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with SS Paul, Francis and the Infant John the Baptist (Bologna, Pin. N.), was commissioned by Giovanni Battista Scappi for S Maria della Misericordia, Bologna, must date from soon after 1494; Francia also painted a portrait of Evangelista Scappi (Florence, Uffizi). The Scappi family was connected to the Bentivoglio family, rulers of Bologna until 1506. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-FRANF-PNB-MCS-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Scappi Altarpiece