ID: 700009207 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009207	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Branchini Altarpiece (disassembled work; Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese painter, active ca. 1420, died 14...; 1427; various locations (World, Top of the TGN hierarchy))

Note: Disassembled polyptych comprising around 11 panels, created for the Branchini family chapel in the church of San Domenico in Siena. Five of the original panels are thought to have been identified, the central panel and 4 of the 5 predella panels. This altarpiece was one of four altarpieces by Giovanni di Paolo, created for the church of San Domenico in Siena, none of which is intact.

Titles:

Branchini 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)

polyptych [300178235]

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1427

Creator Display:

Giovanni di Paolo (Sienese painter, active ca. 1420, died 1482), for the Branchini family [preferred]

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

patron Branchini family (Sienese family) [500397674]

Locations:

Current: various locations [8698129] World (facet) (Geographic)

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

Display Materials: tempera and gold leaf 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)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	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>)

	gold tooling [300256003]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>, tooling)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Sienese

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Life of the Virgin Mary [901000026]
	.....((New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	architectural context is .... San Domenico [700009208]
	..........church (building); unknown architects; N/A; Siena (Siena, Toscana, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Branchini Altarpiece	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Shimmer of Gold: Giovanni di Paolo (2016)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Getty Museum, Shimmer of Gold: Giovanni di Paolo (2016)