Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Adoration of the Shepherds
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.32.130.2
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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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Mantegna, Andrea
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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, Paduan, born no later than 1430, died 1506
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Andrea Mantegna
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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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shortly after 1450
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Creation Start Date:
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1440
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Creation End Date:
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1506
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Materials and Techniques:
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Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
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Dimensions:
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Overall 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (40 x 55.6 cm); painted surface 14 7/8 x 21 in. (37.8 x 53.3 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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32.130.2
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1932
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Rights:
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Context:
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Mantegna, one of the prodigies of Italian painting, had already established his reputation by the age of eighteen. This work must have been painted when he was in his early twenties, and it already shows the painter's astonishing descriptive gifts fully developed. It may have been commissioned by Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, and its style seems to be a response to the ideas of his court humanists, who admired detailed description. Although slightly cut down on the right side, and transferred from wood to canvas, the painting is in excellent condition. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ep32.130.2.R.tif
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