Object/Work
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Catalog Level: item
Type:
panel
painting
predella
panel
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Classification
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Terms:
paintings
European
art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Creation of the World and Expulsion
from Paradise
Preference:
preferred
Text: Creation and the Expulsion of
Adam and Eve from Paradise
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alternate
Type:
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Creation
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Creator Description: Giovanni di Paolo
(Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482)
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Identity: Giovanni di Paolo
Role: painter
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Creation Date: ca. 1445
Earliest: 1440 Latest: 1450
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Creation Place/Original location: Siena
(Tuscany, Italy)
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Style/Period/Group/ Movement
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Indexing Terms: International Gothic
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: 54.4 x 52.1
cm (21 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches)
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Value: 54.4 Unit: cm
Type: height
Value: 52.1 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: tempera and gold on wood
panel
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Material Names:
tempera Role:
medium
gold
Role: medium
panel
(wood) Role: support
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
God
(Christian iconography)
Creation
(Genesis, Bible)
Expulsion
from Paradise (Genesis, Bible)
Adam
(Genesis, Bible)
Eve
(Genesis, Bible)
mappamondo
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Context
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Context Architectural Context-Building/Site:
San Domenico (Siena, Italy)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: This panel was part of the predella
of the altarpiece painted for San Domenico in Siena
(now in the Uffizi in Florence). While the influence
of the International Gothic and French miniature painting
is seen in the elegant figures and opulent flora,
the painting retains a distinctive Sienese character.
The subject matter is notable for the mappamondo,
the disk of earth and the concentric rings of heaven,
which may reflect the composition of the famous, lost
Lorenzetti Mappamondo in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena.
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Citation: Hibbard, Metropolitan Museum
of Art. (1986)
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Related Works
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Relationship Type: mate of
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
Paradise; predella panel; Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese,
active by 1426, died 1482); ca. 1445; Metropolitan
Museum (New York, New York, United States); 06.1046
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Historical/Current: historical
Broader Context: Guelfi Altarpiece; altarpiece;
Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482);
ca. 1445; Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Metropolitan Museum (New York, New York, United States)
Repository Numbers:
1975.1.31
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Revised 28 August 2006
