ID: 700000180 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000180	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Paradise (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)

Note: Together with a scene of the Creation and Expulsion from Paradise, also in the Metropolitan (Robert Lehman Collection), this picture formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece formerly in the church of San Domenico, Siena (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). Painted in 1445, the two paintings rank among the finest works by the artist. Groups of saints and angels embrace in a rich, tapestry-like garden of Paradise. Giovanni di Paolo was much inspired by paintings he saw in Florence by Fra Angelico, but he rejected the perspectival rationalism of Florentine art in favor of a visionary effect of exquisite intensity.

Titles:

Paradise (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

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

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

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

predella [300003745]

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

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:

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

Repository Numbers: 06.1046

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906

Address Note: On view in Gallery 625

Display Materials: Tempera and gold on canvas, transferred from wood

	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>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

Dimensions: Overall 18 1/2 x 16 in. (47 x 40.6 cm); painted surface 17 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (44.5 x 38.4 cm)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	heaven [300185658]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts, doctrinal concepts) (AAT)

	human beings (species) [300265711]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Primates (order), Hominoidea (superfamily), Hominidae (family), Homo (genus)) (AAT)

	garden (open space) [300008090]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>) (AAT)

Related Works:

	formerly part of same whole .... Creation of the World and Expulsion from Paradise [700000179]
	..........predella; Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese, active by 1426, died 1482); ca. 1445

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:
Paradise	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
Predella Panel	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)

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

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