Title: Orsanmichele, Florence
1Orsanmichele, Florence
2Aerial view of Florence Arrow indicates
Orsanmichele
3Orsanmichele
4Orsanmichele
5 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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7St. George predella St. George and the Dragon
8St. George predella St. George and the Dragon,
detail
9St. George predella St. George and the Dragon,
detail
10Nanni 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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12Quattro Santi Coronati predella Sculptors at Work
13Quattro Santi Coronati predella Sculptors at
Work, detail l
14Quattro Santi Coronati predella Sculptors at
Work, detail
15GableChrist Niche c.1412 undocumented Figure
St. Phillip / Nanni di Banco (c.1410-12)
Marble, Museo Guild Arte dei Calzolai
(shoemakers)
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17St. Philip predella
18St. Phillip predella, detail
19Niche 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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21EAST 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
22Gable 3-headed Trinity / Donatello Figure
Donatello , St. Louis Toulouse, 1423-5 (Museo S.
Croce) (removed from the marble niche of
Orsanmichele in 1460s)
23Donatello, St. Louis of Toulouse View of statue
in a copy of the Orsanmichele niche
24Donatello, 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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26Doubting Thomas, detail
27Doubting Thomas Statues after cleaning
28Doubting Thomas Statues seen from back
29Doubting Thomas Detail of Christs hand
30Doubting Thomas Detail of Christ
31Doubting Thomas Detail of Thomas
32Niche 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
33San Juan Bautista1416Bronce. 254
cm.Orsanmichele. FlorenciaAut. Lorenzo
Ghiberti
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36SOUTH 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
37 Niche Simone Talenti (1399) Figure Marble
Madonna della Rose / G. Tedesco, Giovanni
d'Ambrogio or N.P. Lamberti or Ferucci
?? Guild Medici e Speziali
38Gable 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
39St. James the Greater, predella Beheading of St.
John
40St. James the Greater, predella Beheading of St.
John, detail
41Gable 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
42WEST 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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44St. Eligius predella Miracle of the Severed Hoof
45Niche Andrea Pisano (c.1341) Bronze St. Stephen
/ Ghiberti (1428) Guild Lanaiuoli
46Niche 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