Cimabue (ca. 1240- ca. 1302) is recognized as one of the founders of Early Italian Renaissance painting and the teacher of Giotto (ca. 1267/75-1337), whose frescoes in Padua's Scrovegni Chapel heralded a new chapter in the history of Western art. Cimabue and Early Italian Devotional Painting at New York's Frick Collection brings together the master's Flagellation of Christ (ca. 1280) with his Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels (ca. 1280) from London's National Gallery, two panels from a lost altarpiece. Accompanied by other paintings, manuscripts and examples of verre églomisé (painted and gilded glass) from New York collections, the exhibition describes devotional art in the very early years of the Italian Renaissance.
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"Cimabue and Early Italian Devotional Painting" is on view from October 3 through December 31, 2006 at The Frick Collection, 1 East 70 Street, New York, NY 10021 (Telephone: 212-288-0700; Website). The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Admission is $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors, $5.00 for students and pay as you wish on Sunday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.