ID: 700000179 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000179	Record Type: Movable Work
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Creation of the World and Expulsion from Paradise (predella; Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482); ca. 1445)

Note: This panel was originally part of the predella (the lowermost horizontal component) of Giovanni di Paolo's "Guelfi Altarpiece," formerly in the Church of San Domenico in Siena (now Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). It originally joined a representation of Paradise, now in the Metropolitan Museum (06.1046). 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.

Titles:

Creation of the World and Expulsion from Paradise (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Predella Panel (C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

predella [300003745] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, visual works components)

paintings, panel (paintings 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>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: ca. 1445

Creator Display:

Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482) [preferred,VP]

painter Paolo, Giovanni di (Sienese painter, illuminator, active ca. 1420, died 1482) Extent: execution [500116438]

Locations:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1975.1.31

Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Address Note: On view in Gallery 956

Creation: Siena [7011179] Siena province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: tempera and gold on wood 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)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

	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>)

Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (46.4 x 52.1 cm)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Gothic [300020786] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(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)

Specific Subjects:

	god (deity) [300343851]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, deities) (AAT)

	creation (doctrinal concept) [300069002]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts, doctrinal concepts) (AAT)

	Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

Related Works:

	formerly part of same whole .... Paradise [700000180]
	..........painting (visual work); Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482); ca. 1445; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 06.1046

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

..... Movable Works

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

............... Guelfi Altarpiece

Sources and Contributors:
Creation of the World and Expulsion from Paradise	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Predella Panel	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)