ID: 700009239 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009239	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Guelfi Altarpiece (disassembled work; Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482); ca. 1445)

Note: Altarpiece created in 1445 for the Guelfi Chapel in the Church of San Domenico in Siena. Scholars surmise that the central and side panels are in the Uffizi, and two of the panels from the predella are in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Titles:

Guelfi Altarpiece (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

disassembled work [300404028] (preferred)

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

altarpiece [300075940]

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

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) [500116438]

Locations:

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

Current: Multiple Locations:

Display Materials: tempera and gold 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>)

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

Dimensions: central panel and side panels: 247 x 212 cm

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Sienese

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Madonna and Child Enthroned [901001650]
	.....((Madonna and Child, Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Firmata e datata 1445

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Guelfi Altarpiece	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	........ Zeri and Gardner, Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools (1980)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	..... Zeri and Gardner, Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools (1980)