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Record Number:
2124
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Henderson , John.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Miraculous Childbirth and the Portinari Altarpiece
Source URL:
Art Bulletin
(Full Text via JSTOR) 77, 2 (June 1995): 249-261.
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Art Bulletin
(Full Text via JSTOR) 77, 2 (June 1995): 249-261.
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Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Altarpieces
Art History- Painting
Childbirth
Hospitals
Iconography
Mary Virgin Saint in Art
Nativity
Portinari Family
Women in Art
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
Primary Evidence:
Painting; Portinare Altarpiece, Florence, Uffizi.
Illustrations:
Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece, datable to the mid-1470s, has been the subject of substantial iconographic study, but has rarely been considered in relation to its installation in the choir of S. Egidio, the chapel of the great Florentine hospital of S. Maria Nuova. This article explores the presence of an unrecognized theme in the triptych, Mary's miraculous and painless delivery of Jesus, and the ways in which this would have acted as a metaphor of healing and salvation for hospital patients. Moreover, this theme can be linked to the particular circumstances of the donor family, the Portinari [Reproduced by permission of the College Art Association.]
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Author's Affiliation:
Cambridge University
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00043079
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