Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Florence / Santa Maria Novella / Cappella Tornabuoni (I, Ghirlandaio) / North Wall (Life of the Virgin)

GESTURES AND EXPRESSION

Head resting on hand

GODS AND MYTHS

Mercury / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Statues / Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Seated Mercury, Venna type)

Further details

detail of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. Figure very loosely based on antique type of Mercury

Artist or creator

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1449-1494) (and workshop)

Date

1485 - 1490

Location

Florence, Santa Maria Novella

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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