Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Adoration of the Shepherds
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.25.120.288
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Bartolo di Fredi
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italian [Sienese], active 1353, died 1410
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Bartolo di Fredi
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Title:
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The Adoration of the Shepherds
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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14th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1300
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Creation End Date:
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1399
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Materials and Techniques:
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Tempera on wood, gold ground, arched top
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Classification Term:
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Painting-Panel
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 69 1/8 x 45 1/8 in. (175.6 x 114.6 cm); Painted surface: 63 1/4 x 45 1/8 in. (160.7 x 114.6 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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25.120.288
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Credit Line:
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The Cloisters Collection, 1925
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Rights:
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Context:
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Once the central panel of an altarpiece, this painting simultaneously depicts the Adoration of the Christ Child and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, shown in the upper right. To create clear spatial relationships, the artist employed overlapping planes and daring, if naive, perspective-most evident in the projecting roof of the stable. The setting of the narrative combines the Byzantine tradition of representing the Adoration in a cave with the Western iconography of a stable. This panel may have been flanked by single panels depicting standing saints. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.cl25.120.288.R.tif
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