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The Adoration of the Magi is a painting by the Italian painter Gentile da Fabriano. The work, housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, is considered his finest work, and has been described as "the culminating work of International Gothic painting".[1]

Adoration of the Magi
ArtistGentile da Fabriano
Year1423
MediumTempera on panel
Dimensions300 cm × 282 cm (120 in × 111 in)
LocationUffizi Gallery, Florence

Provenance


The painting was commissioned by the Florentine literate and patron of the arts Palla Strozzi, at the arrival of the artist in the city in 1420. Palla paid 300 florins for the altarpiece,[2] or about six times the annual salary of a skilled labourer.[3] According to Baldwin,[4] both Palla Strozzi and his father, Onofrio, appear in the painting − Palla as the man in the red hat in the forefront of the painting, and Onofrio as the falcon trainer situated behind the youngest king. According to other opinions, the falcon trainer depicts the commissioner Palla Strozzi with his eldest son Lorenzo to his right.[5][6] Finished in 1423, the painting was placed in the new chapel of the church of Santa Trinita which Lorenzo Ghiberti was executing in these years.


Description


Pseudo-Arabic script in the Virgin Mary's halo, detail of Adoration of the Magi (1423) by Gentile da Fabriano; the script is further divided by rosettes like those on Mamluk dishes,[7] executed in pastiglia
Pseudo-Arabic script in the Virgin Mary's halo, detail of Adoration of the Magi (1423) by Gentile da Fabriano; the script is further divided by rosettes like those on Mamluk dishes,[7] executed in pastiglia

The works shows both the international and Sienese schools' influences on Gentile's art, combined with the Renaissance novelties that he knew in Florence. The panel portrays the path of the three Magi in several scenes which start from the upper left corner (the voyage and the entrance into Bethlehem) and continue clockwise, to the larger meeting with the Virgin Mary and the newborn Jesus which occupies the lowest part of the picture.[8] All the figures wear splendid Renaissance costumes, brocades richly decorated with real gold and precious stones inserted in the panel. Gentile's typical attention for detail is also evident in the exotic animals, such as a leopard, a dromedary, some apes and a lion, as well as the magnificent horses and a hound.

The frame is also a work of art, characterized by three cusps with tondoes portraying Christ Blessing (centre) and the Annunciation (with the Archangel Gabriel on the left and the Madonna on the right). The predella has three rectangular paintings with scenes of Jesus' childhood: the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt and the Presentation at the Temple (the latter a copy, the original being in the Louvre in Paris).[9] As the first altarpiece made with panel and frame in two separate pieces, it the first independent frame as we know it today.[10]

Detail
Scene of the Nativity in the predella.
Scene of Flight into Egypt in the predella.

References


  1. Timothy Hyman; Sienese Painting, p. 140, Thames & Hudson, 2003 ISBN 0-500-20372-5.
  2. Mary Hollingsworth; "Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century", p. 41, John Murray, 1994 ISBN 0719549264.
  3. Niccolo Capponi; "An Unlikely Prince: The Life and Times of Machiavelli", p. 9, Da Capo Press, 2010 ISBN 9780306817564.
  4. Baldwin, Robert (2007). "GENTILE DA FABRIANO (c. 1390-1427): International Style and Court Culture" (PDF). Social History of Art, by Robert Baldwin.
  5. Palazzo Strozzi Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine (pdf;1,39 MB)
  6. Ingeborg Walter, Die Strozzi: Eine Familie im Florenz der Renaissance, Beck Munic 2011, p. 27
  7. Mack 2001, pp. 65–66.
  8. Discovering the great masters: the art lover's guide to understanding symbols in paintings. 2010-07-01.
  9. "Gentile da Fabriano - Adoration of the Magi, 1423". 13 March 2018.
  10. Geraghty, Ian. "Recent History of Framing". Retrieved 2021-01-31.

Sources




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На других языках

- [en] Adoration of the Magi (Gentile da Fabriano)

[es] Adoración de los Reyes Magos (Gentile da Fabriano)

La Adoración de los Reyes Magos (Adorazione dei Magi, en italiano) es un retablo pintado al temple sobre madera, la obra más conocida de Gentile da Fabriano. Firmado y fechado en el año 1423 procedía de la Capella Strozzi de Santa Trinità, Florencia, y desde 1919 se encuentra en la Galería de los Uffizi de la misma ciudad. Sus dimensiones son de 303 cm de largo por 282 de alto, incluido el marco, que es el original.

[fr] L'Adoration des mages (Gentile da Fabriano)

L'Adoration des mages (en italien : Adorazione dei Re Magi, episodi dell'infanzia di Cristo, Cristo, profeti, motivo decorativo floreale) est le nom donné à un ensemble retable polyptyque réalisé en peinture à tempera et fond or et argent sur bois par Gentile da Fabriano en 1423 ; il est présenté entier avec son encadrement doré d'origine et sa prédelle au musée des Offices à Florence (avec une copie de la Présentation au temple de la prédelle, l'original étant conservé au musée du Louvre).

[it] Adorazione dei Magi (Gentile da Fabriano)

L'Adorazione dei Magi è un dipinto a tempera e oro su tavola (173x228 cm con cornice 303x282) di Gentile da Fabriano, datato 1423 e conservato alla Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze. L'opera è stata firmata sopra la predella: "OPVS GENTILIS DE FABRIANO". Capolavoro dell'artista e del Gotico in Italia in generale, conserva l'elaborata cornice scolpita in legno dorato, in larga parte originale.


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