ID: 700000178 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000178	Record Type: Movable Work
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Adoration of the Magi (altarpiece; Bartolo di Fredi (Sienese painter, active by 1353, died 1410...; 1380s/1390s; some scholars dat...; Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena (Siena, Siena province, Tuscan...; no. 104)

Note: Central panel of a large altarpiece, demonstrating Bartolo di Fredi's mature style, marked by the rejection of the concrete figures and naturalism begun by the Lorenzetti to instead favor the flatter, decorative, otherworldly compositions of the earlier Simone Martini and Duccio, which he combined with a new spirit of fantasy and anecdotal details. This "Adoration of the Magi" is closely related to another depiction by the artist of the same subject, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Based on documentation, one of these two works was likely painted for San Domenico, Siena.

Titles:

Adoration of the Magi (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Adorazione dei Magi (C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

altarpiece [300075940] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

panel painting (painting by form) [300033656]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

polyptych [300178235]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Italian art

decorative arts

Creation Date: 1380s/1390s; some scholars date it ca. 1400 or later

Creator Display:

Bartolo di Fredi (Sienese painter, active by 1353, died 1410) [preferred,VP]

painter Bartolo di Fredi (Sienese painter, active by 1353, died 1410) [500031914]

Locations:

Current: Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena (Siena, Siena province, Tuscany, Italy) [500308996] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: no. 104

Address Note: Sala 6; Palazzo Buonsignori e Brigidi, via San Pietro, 29

Display Materials: tempera and gold leaf on panel

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

Dimensions: 195 x 158 cm (76 x 61 5/8 inches)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Gothic [300020786] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	Adoration of the Magi [901000083]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Journey of the Magi [901000231]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	continuous representation [300056330]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, formal concepts (artistic concept), <visual and representational concepts>) (AAT)

	Epiphany (feast day) [300264546]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, holidays, religious holidays, Christian holidays) (AAT)

	gift (legal property) [300138913]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, legal concepts, <property and related concepts>, property (legal concept)) (AAT)

	Siena [7011179]
	.....(Siena province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Madonna and Child [901000052]
	.....((Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	Magi [901001061]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Outside Iconography:

	Code: 73B57 Term: adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child
	.....Source: Waal, ICONCLASS (1975)

Related Works:

	former location was .... San Domenico [700009208]
	..........church (building); unknown architects; N/A; Siena (Siena, Toscana, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Adoration of the Magi	........ [VP]
	........ Harpring, Bartolo di Fredi (1993)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Freuler, Bartolo di Fredi Cini (1994)
	........ Boucher and Fiorini, Adoration of the Magi by Bartolo di Fredi Reconstructed (2012)
Adorazione dei Magi	........ [VP]
	........ Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena (2002-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Boucher and Fiorini, Adoration of the Magi by Bartolo di Fredi Reconstructed (2012)

....................... Cultural Italia: Un patrimonio da esplorare [portal] (2000-) http://www.culturaitalia.it/opencms/viewItem.jsp?language=en&case=&id=oai%3Aculturaitalia.it%3Amuseiditalia-work_57228

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Boucher and Fiorini, Adoration of the Magi by Bartolo di Fredi Reconstructed (2012)
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	..... Harpring, Bartolo di Fredi (1993)