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Title: Wedding Scene (?)
Creator: Lo Scheggia (Giovanni di Ser Giovanni), painter
Description: Although this object typically is identified as a wedding chest (often referred to as the Adimari cassone), its size suggests that it was part of a spalliera[wall paneling at shoulder height above the backrest of a piece of furniture]. There is no evidence that it was painted for the Adimari family, either (this attribution was put forward in an eighteenth-century source). The scene here, which is painted on the central section of the panel, possibly depicts a wedding celebration. To the far left musicians play horns with banners displaying the fleur-de-lis. The octagonal Florence Baptistery is visible in the background.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public Domain
Subject (See Also): Architecture Dance Marriage Musical Instruments Musicians Weddings
Geographic Area: Italy
Century: 15
Date: 1443-1450
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Current Location: Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia, 8457
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Artistic Type (Category): Digital Images; Paintings
Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Wall panel; Tempera
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Height/Width/Length(cm): 88.5 cm/303 cm/
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