Burning-of-a-heretic--_Sassetta--Melburn_museum.jpg
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Summary
Stefano di Giovanni : The burning of a heretic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q362016
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Title |
The burning of a heretic
Alternative title(s):
The burning of Jan Hus (The Miracle of the Sacrament)
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1423 and 1426
date QS:P571,+1423-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1423-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1426-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | tempera and gold on walnut wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 24.6 cm (9.6 in); width: 38.7 cm (15.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,38.7U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1464509
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Current location |
14th - 16th Century Gallery - Painting & Decorative Arts Level 1, NGV International
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Accession number |
E2-1976
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Place of creation | Siena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
1423-1426: Commissioned by the Arte della Lana (Wool Merchants’ Guild), for the altarpiece of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Siena, for the feast of Corpus Christi, and completed by 1426
1816 the altarpiece was dismantled in 1816 and subsequently dispersed as a result of the earthquake that destroyed both the Chapel and the larger San Pellegrino Church in 1798 before 1970:private collection 1970: with Pinakos Inc (dealer; proprietor Rudolf Heinemann), New York City 1970 purchased by Thomas Agnew & Sons 1976 with Thomas Agnew & Sons (dealer), London, 1970–76, stock no. J6974; label no. 39330 1976 on the advice of Dr Ursula Hoff and Sir John Pope-Hennessy, purchased for the NGV, with the assistance of the Government of Victoria |
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References |
National Gallery of Victoria Collection Online, entry 4340
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NGV: Gordon Moran: The original provenance of the predella panel by Stefano di Giovanni (Sassetta) in the National Gallery of Victoria: A Hypothesis Web Gallery of Art: Arte della Lana Altarpiece (Altar of the Eucharist) Museen senesi: Polittico dell'Arte della Lana |
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Source/Photographer | http://www.aiwaz.net/gallery/sassetta/gc345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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