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Catalog Level: item
Type: polyptych
altarpiece
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Classification
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Terms: paintings
European
art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Polyptych with the Madonna and
Child, Saint James Major, and Various Saints
Preference: preferred
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Creation
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Creator Description: Bartolomeo Vivarini
(Italian, ca. 1432-1499)
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Identity: Vivarini, Bartolomeo
Role: painter
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Creation Date:
1490
Earliest:
1490 Latest:
1490
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: comprises 10
panels; overall: 280 x 215 cm (110 1/4 x 84 5/8 inches)
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Extent: components Value: 10
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Value: 280 Unit: cm Type:
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Value: 215 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: tempera and gold leaf on
panel
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Material Name: tempera Role:
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Material Name: gold leaf Role:
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Material Name: panel (wood) Role: support
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
Madonna and Child (Christian
iconography)
Saint James Major (Christian
iconography)
Jesus (Christian iconography)
Saint Mary Magdalene (Christian
iconography)
Virgin Mary (Christian
iconography)
Saint Bartholomew (Christian
iconography)
Saint Peter (Christian
iconography)
Saint Catherine (Christian
iconography)
Saint John the Baptist
(Christian iconography)
Saint John the Evangelist
(Christian iconography)
Saint Apollonia (Christian
iconography)
Saint Ursula (Christian
iconography)
martyrs
saints
pilgrimage
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Descriptive Note
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Text: The themes of martyrdom and pilgrimage
are strongly represented in this polyptych. The central
saint, Saint John Major, holds a pilgrim's staff and
shell, references to a famous pilgrimage site dedicated
to him, Santiago de Compostela; pilgrimage sites were
also dedicated to several other of the saints depicted.
All of the saints depicted were martyrs, with the exception
of John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, and the Virgin
Mary. However, two of those three may be linked to martyrdon:
John the Evangelist was thought to have survived an
attempted martyrdom; the female saint with a jar has
been identified as Mary Magdalene, but she carries a
martyr's palm, so perhaps that identificaiton is mistaken.
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Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 10 February 2004
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
71.PB.30
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Revised 25 February 2010
