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Orsanmichele, Florence

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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) Guild: Armaiuoli (Corazzai) Starting in NW corner and then clockwise

St. George predella: St. George and the Dragon

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

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

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).

Quattro Santi Coronati predella: Sculptors at Work

Quattro Santi Coronati predella: Sculptors at Work, detail l

Quattro Santi Coronati predella: Sculptors at Work, detail

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

St. Philip predella

St. Phillip predella, detail

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

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

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

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

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 1460 s when the niche was sold to the Mercanzia or merchant’s guild; replaced with Verrocchio’s bronze Doubting Thomas, 1465 -83, pictured here)

Doubting Thomas, detail

Doubting Thomas: Statues after cleaning

Doubting Thomas: Statues seen from back

Doubting Thomas: Detail of Christ’s hand

Doubting Thomas Detail of Christ

Doubting Thomas: Detail of Thomas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Eligius predella: Miracle of the Severed Hoof

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

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