ID: 700009611 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009611	Record Type: Movable Work
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Portinari Altarpiece, the (painting (visual work); Hugo van der Goes (Gand?, 1440 circa – Rode Klooster, Bruxel...; 1477-1478 c.; Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Firenze province, Tuscany, ...; 1890, nos. 3191-3192-3193; )

Note: The infant Jesus lies on the ground surrounded by rays of light to signify him as the Light of the world. His mother Mary, father Joseph, various angels and the shepherds stand around him in adoration. When closed, the triptych showed a depiction of the Annunciation, painted in black and white on the verso of the doors.

Titles:

Portinari Altarpiece, the (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Adorazione dei pastori con angeli e i santi (C,U,BT,Italian-P,U,U)

Adoration of the Shepherds with angels and Saint Thomas, Saint Anthony, Saint Margaret, Mary Magdalen and the Portinari family (recto); Annunciation (verso) (C,U,RP,English,U,U)

Adorazione dei pastori con angeli e i santi Tommaso, Antonio abate, Margherita, Maria Maddalena e la famiglia Portinari (recto); Annunciazione (verso) (C,U,Italian,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>)

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: 1477-1478 c.

Creator Display:

Hugo van der Goes (Gand?, 1440 circa – Rode Klooster, Bruxelles, 1482) [preferred,VP]

painter Goes, Hugo van der (South Netherlandish painter, ca. 1440-1482) [500007457]

patron Portinari, Tommaso (Italian banker, 1428-1501) [500324305]

Locations:

Current: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Firenze province, Tuscany, Italy) [500125191] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1890, nos. 3191-3192-3193

Display Materials: Oil on wood

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	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: 274 x 652 cm (open)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Adoration of the Shepherds [901000229]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary [901001052]
	.....((Life of the Virgin Mary, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Thomas, Saint [901000557]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Anthony, the Hermit, Saint [901001255]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Margareta of Antioch [901000590]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portinari Altarpiece, the	........ [VP]
	........ Janson, History of Art (1971) 292 ff.
Adorazione dei pastori con angeli e i santi	........ [VP]
	........ Gallerie degli Uffizi [online] (2000-)
Adoration of the Shepherds with angels and Saint Thomas, Saint Anthony, Saint Margaret, Mary Magdalen and the Portinari family (recto); Annunciation (verso)	........ [VP]
	........ Gallerie degli Uffizi [online] (2000-)
Adorazione dei pastori con angeli e i santi Tommaso, Antonio abate, Margherita, Maria Maddalena e la famiglia Portinari (recto); Annunciazione (verso)	........ [VP]
	........ Gallerie degli Uffizi [online] (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Gallerie degli Uffizi [online] (2000-)