Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Scappi Altarpiece
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Scappi Altarpiece
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Paul, Francis and infant John the Baptist
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Image View:
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Detail, upper portion with landscape and St. Paul (left) and St. Francis (right)
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Creator:
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Francesco Francia (Italian painter, ca. 1450-1517)
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Location:
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repository: Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) 571
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Location Note:
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Via Belle Arti 56
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GPS:
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+44.497778+11.353333
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Date:
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ca. 1495 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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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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oil paint on panel
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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182 cm (height) x 140 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Paul, the Apostle, Saint
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Description:
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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.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-FRANF-PNB-MCS-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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