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Orsanmichele, Florence

Orsanmichele, Florence. Aerial view of Florence: Arrow indicates Orsanmichele. Orsanmichele . Orsanmichele. NORTH SIDE: Via Orsanmichele. Gable: God the Father Niche:prob. by Donatello Base: St. George & the Dragon / Donatello (copy & Bargello) Figure: St. George / Donatello (1417)

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Orsanmichele, Florence

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  1. Orsanmichele, Florence

  2. Aerial view of Florence: Arrow indicates Orsanmichele

  3. Orsanmichele

  4. Orsanmichele

  5. NORTH SIDE:Via Orsanmichele Gable: God the Father Niche:prob. 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

  6. St. George predella: St. George and the Dragon

  7. St. George predella: St. George and the Dragon, detail

  8. St. George predella: St. George and the Dragon, detail

  9. 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).

  10. Quattro Santi Coronati predella: Sculptors at Work

  11. Quattro Santi Coronati predella: Sculptors at Work, detail l

  12. Quattro Santi Coronati predella: Sculptors at Work, detail

  13. Gable:Christ Niche: c.1412; undocumented Figure: St. Phillip / Nanni di Banco (c.1410-12) Marble, Museo Guild: Arte dei Calzolai (shoemakers)

  14. St. Philip predella

  15. St. Phillip predella, detail

  16. Niche: undocumented; w/perspective marble intarsias attrib. to Brunelleschi Figure: St. Peter / Ciuffagni/ Donatello (designed by Brunelleschi?) undocumented. Marble; Museo Guild: Beccai

  17. 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

  18. Gable: 3-headed Trinity / Donatello Figure: Donatello , St. Louis Toulouse, 1423-5 (Museo S. Croce); (removed from the marble niche of Orsanmichele in 1460s)

  19. Donatello, St. Louis of Toulouse View of statue in a copy of the Orsanmichele niche

  20. Donatello, Marble Niche of Orsanmichele c.1422 Commissioned by the Parte Guelfa (originally held Donatello’s Gilded bronze stature of St. Louis of Toulouse; removed 1460s when the niche was sold to the Mercanzia or merchant’s guild; replaced with Verrocchio’s bronze Doubting Thomas, 1465-83, pictured here)

  21. Doubting Thomas, detail

  22. Doubting Thomas: Statues after cleaning

  23. Doubting Thomas: Statues seen from back

  24. Doubting Thomas: Detail of Christ’s hand

  25. Doubting Thomas Detail of Christ

  26. Doubting Thomas: Detail of Thomas

  27. 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

  28. San Juan Bautista1416Bronce. 254 cm.Orsanmichele. FlorenciaAut. Lorenzo Ghiberti

  29. 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

  30. Niche: Simone Talenti (1399) Figure: Marble Madonna della Rose / G. Tedesco, Giovanni d'Ambrogio or N.P. Lamberti or Ferucci ?? Guild: Medici e Speziali

  31. Gable: Soul of St. James carried to heaven Niche: undocumented; glass & mosaic work Base: Beheading of St. James Figure:St. James the Greater / Niccolo di Lamberti (c.1420) Guild: Pellicciai

  32. St. James the Greater, predella: Beheading of St. John

  33. St. James the Greater, predella: Beheading of St. John, detail

  34. 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

  35. WEST SIDE Base: Miracle of the Severed Hoof Figure: Marble St. Eligius / Nanni di Banco Museo (c.1419-21) Guild: Arte dei Maniscalchi

  36. St. Eligius predella: Miracle of the Severed Hoof

  37. Niche: Andrea Pisano (c.1341) Bronze St. Stephen / Ghiberti (1428) Guild: Lanaiuoli

  38. Niche: Ghiberti 1422; built by Jacopo del Corso & Giovanni di Niccolo; Figure:Bronze St. Matthew / Ghiberti (1419-22) Guild:Cambio; ceded by the Arte dei Fornai in 1419

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