Paradise

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Artist: Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)
Date: 1445
Medium: Tempera and gold on canvas, transferred from wood
Dimensions: 18 7/16 × 16 1/16 in. (46.8 × 40.8 cm); painted surface 17 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (44.5 x 38.4 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Charred Umber · Black family · #221B0F · 35%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #634724 · 13%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #81693F · 12%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #45351D · 9%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #202D41 · 6%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #451816 · 5%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #222719 · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #2E1B12 · 4%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #7B1F0F · 3%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A89566 · 2%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #304545 · 2%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5C260B · 2%

Lampblack · Black family · #020100 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #0E0803 · <1%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #4A677A · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A34117 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #002B6A · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #828F97 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1906

12 tags

Nature Both · 99%

The image visibly depicts a densely planted garden with trees, flowers, and ground vegetation; the museum subject metadata identifies Gardens.
Human Figure Both · 99%

The composition is dominated by many male and female human figures, consistent with the museum subjects Men and Women.
Animals Both · 98%

Small animals, including rabbits, are visible among the vegetation, and Rabbits is an explicit museum subject.
Saints Metadata · 92%

Saints is an explicit subject in the museum record, which also identifies Angels and gives the title Paradise.

Figurative Art Visual · 99%

The panel presents numerous recognizable human figures in varied poses and dress within a coherent painted scene.

Dense Composition Visual · 99%

Figures, vegetation, animals, and patterned garments fill most of the panel with little unoccupied space.
Highly Detailed Visual · 98%

The image contains extensive fine linear detail in foliage, flowers, hair, facial features, textiles, and costume ornament.

Tempera Metadata · 99%

The museum identifies the medium as tempera and gold on canvas, transferred from wood.
Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum classification identifies the object as a painting and specifically as a predella panel.

15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The museum dates the work to 1445, placing it in the fifteenth century.

Italian Art Metadata · 99%

Giovanni di Paolo is identified in the catalog as an Italian artist from Siena.

Gold Both · 99%

Gold is specified in the medium and is visibly used for highlights and decorative details in the figures and garments.

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia). Paradise. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.