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Benozzo Gozzoli: The Fall of Simon Magus

Artist



Alternative names	Benozzo di Lese di Sandro Alessio
Description	Italian sculptor, painter and designer
Date of birth/death	1420	4 October 1497
Location of birth/death	Florence	Pistoia
Work location	Florence (1441–1447), Rome (1447), Orvieto (1447–1449), Montefalco (1449–1459), Viterbo (1453), Perugia (1456), Rome (1458), Detroit (1460), Florence (1459–1461), San Gimignano (1463–1467), Volterra, Pisa (1468–1495), Castelfiorentino (1484), Florence (1489–1493), Pistoia (1497)
Authority file	: Q248615 VIAF: 49498139 ISNI: 0000000115699529 ULAN: 500000246 LCCN: n50059011 NLA: 35732289 WorldCat

Title

Fall of Simon Magus

Object type

painting

Depicted people

Simon Magus

Date

between 1461 and 1462

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

height: 24 cm (9.4 in); width: 35.5 cm (13.9 in)

Collection

Royal Collection

	Native name	Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
	Location	United Kingdom
	Established	after 1491 date QS:P,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Website	https://www.rct.uk
	Authority file	: Q1459037

Accession number

RCIN 403372 (Royal Collection)

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Simon Magus in popular culture

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Usage on an.wikipedia.org
- Simón o Mago
Usage on el.wikipedia.org
- Κατάλογος έργων του Μπενότσο Γκοτσόλι
Usage on it.wikipedia.org
- Paolo di Tarso
- Pietro (apostolo)
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- Benozzo Gozzoli
Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
- Simon Magus
- Santi Pietro e Paolo in Via Sacra

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GOZZOLI, Benozzo

(b. ca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia)

Fall of Simon Magus 1461-62 Tempera on panel, 24 x 35,5 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court

The altarpiece, to which this panel was once attached as part of the predella was painted for the Compagnia di Santa Maria della Purificazione e di San Zanobi, known as the Compagnia di San Marco, which was affiliated to San Marco in Florence. The contract for the altarpiece is immensely detailed. It was signed by Gozzoli on 23 October 1461 and adumbrates not just the various parts of the altarpiece, but also the artist's obligations as regards the frame, the gilding, and the quality of the pigments to be used.

The altarpiece was dismembered on the suppression of the confraternity in 1802 and its various elements dispersed. (The predella may have already been detached by this time.) The panel with the Madonna and Child among Saints is now in the National Gallery, London; the scenes from the predella are in the Staatliche Museen in Berlin (St Zanobius Raising a Child from the Dead), the National Gallery of Art in Washington (<A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/g/gozzoli/5various/3salome.html')" HREF="/html/g/gozzoli/5various/3salome.html">The Dance of Salome</A>), The Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan (<A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/g/gozzoli/5various/1orsini.html')" HREF="/html/g/gozzoli/5various/1orsini.html">St Dominic Raising a Child from the Dead</A>), the Museum of Art, Philadelphia (Purification of the Virgin) and Hampton Court (Fall of Simon Magus), while the right-hand pillar with three saints is in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.

The Fall of Simon Magus is a subject taken from The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine and it involves a contest between a sorcerer at the court of Emperor Nero and Saint Peter. Nero is seen enthroned on the left while Saint peter and Saint Paul are on the right. Simon Magus, endeavouring to prove his magical powers, attempts to launch himself from a wooden tower towards heaven, but even though supported by demons his experiment fails and he falls to the ground.

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Author: GOZZOLI, Benozzo Title: Fall of Simon Magus Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting

Type: religious

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