COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Cappella della Rovere
Image View:
Altarpiece, the 'Nativity' (by Pinturicchio, ca. 1488-1491), general view of the upper scene, depicting the manger, right, and the countryside, upper left
Creator:
attributed to Antonio da Sangalio the Younger (Italian sculptor, 1484-1546); Bernardino Pinturicchio (Italian painter, ca. 1452-1513)
Location:
site: Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1488-1491 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
sepulchral chapel
Work Type 2:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
marble; stucco
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling); fresco painting (technique)
Relation Work:
part of Santa Maria del Popolo
Subjects:
cycles or series; New Testament; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
Between 1488 and 1491, again with assistants, Pinturicchio frescoed a ceiling in the palazzo of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (1443-1513) and four chapels in the right aisle of S Maria del Popolo, Rome. In the first of these, built for Domenico della Rovere, the Nativity is autograph. Pinturicchio's designs for the grotesques were directly inspired by those on the ceiling of Nero's recently rediscovered Domus Aurea. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module One
Identifier:
1A2-I-R-SP-12-C1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Cappella della Rovere
