Study for a Chapel in Vienna / Andrea Pozzo
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.124
- Title
- Study for a Chapel in Vienna
- Artist
- Andrea Pozzo
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1709
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1662-1709
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Austria (nation)
- Vienna state (state)
- Vienna (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Austria (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Vienna state (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Vienna (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 74 cm x 61.3 cm (29 1/8 in. x 24 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Physical Description
- This study depicts a rectangular chapel with the side walls bent outward at an angle in order to provide a clearer view of the decoration. The chapel design centers upon a sarcophagus placed beneath a painted altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, which are both set within a semicircular architectural projection that extends dynamically from the wall. On the left the pair of angels that support a large oval-shaped painting reach vigorously outward, their wings overlapping the pilasters. On the right appears another sarcophagus surmounted by a pair of putti. Leaning out from the oval niche above the sarcophagus is a female half-figure—probably a portrait of the deceased—making a gesture of devotion toward the altar.
- Subject Matter
- This study for a chapel in Vienna reveals how Pozzo could orchestrate architecture, sculpture, and painting into a seamless decorative program that could transform an interior space into a dramatic religious spectacle. The compelling power of the visual spectacle derives from his ability to blur the boundary between the artwork and the viewer’s space.
- Secondary Keywords
- austria (nation)
- building divisions
- ceremonial containers
- christian religious building spaces
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- europe (continent)
- funerary containers
- geographic and political locations
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- religious building spaces
- religious visual works
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by building type
- vienna state (state)
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2471 x 3013
- File Size
- 472 KB
- Record
- 1960/2.124
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.124/1960_2.124.jpg
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"Study for a Chapel in Vienna; Andrea Pozzo." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.124/1960_2.124.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
