Orsanmichele, Florence

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Orsanmichele, Florence
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Aerial view of Florence Arrow indicates
Orsanmichele
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Orsanmichele
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Orsanmichele
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NORTH SIDE Via Orsanmichele
Gable God the Father Nicheprob. by
Donatello Base St. George the Dragon /
Donatello (copy Bargello) Figure St. George
/ Donatello (1417) Guild Armaiuoli
(Corazzai)
Starting in NW corner and then clockwise
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St. George predella St. George and the Dragon
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St. George predella St. George and the Dragon,
detail
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St. George predella St. George and the Dragon,
detail
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Nanni di Banco, Quattro Santi Coronati (SS.
Castor, Symphorian, Nicostratus, Simplicius), c.
1413-16, Or San Michele, Florence. Commissioned
by the Arte dei Maestri di Pietre e Legnami,
(Stoneworkers Guild).
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Quattro Santi Coronati predella Sculptors at Work
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Quattro Santi Coronati predella Sculptors at
Work, detail l
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Quattro Santi Coronati predella Sculptors at
Work, detail
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GableChrist Niche c.1412 undocumented Figure
St. Phillip / Nanni di Banco (c.1410-12)
Marble, Museo Guild Arte dei Calzolai
(shoemakers)
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St. Philip predella
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St. Phillip predella, detail
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Niche undocumented w/perspective marble
intarsias attrib. to Brunelleschi Figure St.
Peter / Ciuffagni/ Donatello (designed by
Brunelleschi?) undocumented. Marble
Museo Guild Beccai
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EAST SIDE Niche N. Lamberti (1403-6) Figure
Bronze St. Luke / Giambologna (1601) replaced
Lamberti's marble St. Luke (1405-10
Museo) Guild Giudici e Notai
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Gable 3-headed Trinity / Donatello Figure
Donatello , St. Louis Toulouse, 1423-5 (Museo S.
Croce) (removed from the marble niche of
Orsanmichele in 1460s)
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Donatello, St. Louis of Toulouse View of statue
in a copy of the Orsanmichele niche
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Donatello, Marble Niche of Orsanmichele c.1422 Com
missioned by the Parte Guelfa (originally held
Donatellos Gilded bronze stature of St. Louis
of Toulouse removed 1460s when the niche was
sold to the Mercanzia or merchants guild
replaced with Verrocchios bronze Doubting
Thomas, 1465-83, pictured here)
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Doubting Thomas, detail
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Doubting Thomas Statues after cleaning
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Doubting Thomas Statues seen from back
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Doubting Thomas Detail of Christs hand
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Doubting Thomas Detail of Christ
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Doubting Thomas Detail of Thomas
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Niche Albizzo di Piero (1414) design by
Ghiberti. Base frieze which replaces lost
mosaic by Giuliano d'Arrigo Pesello. bronze
eagles of the guild. Figure Bronze St. John
Baptist / Ghiberti (1414-16) (Museo) Guild
Calimala
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San Juan Bautista1416Bronce. 254
cm.Orsanmichele. FlorenciaAut. Lorenzo
Ghiberti                                      
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
              
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SOUTH SIDE Niche Andrea Pisano (c.
1340) Figure orig. marble St. John Evangelist
attrib. to circle of Orcanga (c.1370) removed to
Ospedale degli Innocenti, replaced by bronze of
same by Baccio Montelupo (1515) Guild Setaiuoli
e orafi
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Niche Simone Talenti (1399) Figure Marble
Madonna della Rose / G. Tedesco, Giovanni
d'Ambrogio or N.P. Lamberti or Ferucci
?? Guild Medici e Speziali
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Gable Soul of St. James carried to
heaven Niche undocumented glass mosaic
work Base Beheading of St. James FigureSt.
James the Greater / Niccolo di Lamberti
(c.1420) Guild Pellicciai
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St. James the Greater, predella Beheading of St.
John
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St. James the Greater, predella Beheading of St.
John, detail
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Gable Blessing Christ w/ book 2 enfoliated
heads in profile Niche black marble w/ white
foliated inlay Perfetto di Giovanni Albizzo
di Piero Base winged lion guild
stemma Figure Marble St. Mark / Donatello
(1411-13) copy Museo Guild Linaioli e
Rigattieri
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WEST SIDE Base Miracle of the Severed
Hoof Figure Marble St. Eligius / Nanni di
Banco Museo (c.1419-21) Guild Arte dei
Maniscalchi
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St. Eligius predella Miracle of the Severed Hoof
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Niche Andrea Pisano (c.1341) Bronze St. Stephen
/ Ghiberti (1428) Guild Lanaiuoli
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Niche Ghiberti 1422 built by Jacopo del Corso
Giovanni di Niccolo FigureBronze St. Matthew /
Ghiberti (1419-22) GuildCambio ceded by the
Arte dei Fornai in 1419