Tabernacle at via del Campuccio

Via del Campuccio the tabernacle of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino An effigy of a Madonna, seated with the Child in front of a window, is depicted. Beyond the opening, the dark silhouettes of two buildings guide the gaze farther, toward the panorama of the city: a Florence made up of houses, towers and […]

Tabernacle at via del Campuccio corner with piazzaTasso

Via del Campuccio corner of Piazza Tasso the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna in trono col Bambino The painting in the tabernacle (dry tempera on wall) depicts the Madonna Enthroned with the Blessing Child, framed in an archway beyond which is a glimpse of clear sky. The architecture behind the sacred figures seems to […]

Tabernacle at piazza Piattellina corner with via del Leone

Piazza Piattellina corner of Via del Leone the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino In the fresco, the Virgin sits with the Child in her arms on a throne shaped as a concave niche with a ribbed pediment. On either side of the throne is a partition at the ends of which are […]

Tabernacle at piazza del Carmine corner with piazza Piattellina

Piazza del Carmine corner of Piazza Piattellina the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino The painting depicts the enthroned Madonna and Child, accompanied by Saints Filippo (or Andrea: both in fact have the cross as their iconographic symbol), Giovanni Battista, Bartolommeo and Pietro. In the somewhat deep funnel of the aedicule, two other […]

Tabernacle at via degli Orti Oricellari corner with via della Scala

Via degli Orti Oricellari corner of via della Scala the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino Inside the aedicule, a young, lovely three-quarter-length Madonna clasps the naked Child to her. Both figures rest on a shelled square base, in the center of which, within a roundel, is the Medici coat of arms of […]

Tabernacle at via de’ Canacci corner with via della Scala

Via de’ Canacci corner via della Scala the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna del Carmine The image, closely linked to Carmelite spirituality, has all the peculiar elements to the popular iconography of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: the crown, also worn by the Child , the star on the mantle at shoulder height (also […]

Tabernacle at via Benedetta corner via della Scala

Via Benedetta corner Via della Scala the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino The painting depicts the enthroned Madonna and Child between Blessed Urbano V pope and a holy bishop; a few letters of the incipit of the Ave Maria are still discernible at the bottom. The Madonna sits on a cusped throne […]

Tabernacle via Faenza 62

VIA FAENZA N.62 the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino The image of the Madonna and Child surrounded by angels is modeled in the terracotta relief: the Virgin, seated on a faldistorium, encircles the Child with maternal tenderness, while the Son, clad in a tunic, hold a light cloth strip. The delicacy of […]

Tabernacle via Faenza 42

via FAENZA n.42 the Tabernacles of Florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino The composition shows a lively San Giovannino in the foreground, stretched out like an ancient deity, and then – in succession, from right to left – San Carlo Borromeo, in mozzetta and cotta, in his scarlet cardinal’s habit, half kneeling. Behind him is […]

Tabernacle at via Faenza 14

via Faenza N. 14 the tabernacles of florence THE TABERNACLE Madonna col Bambino The Virgin Mary is depicted in the act of holding the Child, who, endowed with a certain physicality, clings with one hand to the neckline of the Mother’s robe and with the other to her neck; one little foot rests firmly on […]