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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Duomo Façade Sculpture; Flock of Sheep and Oxen
Image View:
Overall view from the front
Creator:
Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian designer, active ca. 1265-1302); school of Nicola Pisano (Italian sculptor, active 1258-1278)
Location:
repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo, 9
GPS:
43.772333 11.256222
Date:
1296-1300 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
allegory; animal
Description:
The first stone of the façade was laid on 8 September 1296 to a design by Arnolfo di Cambio. Arnolfo managed to complete two bays and half of the new façade. His sculptures were removed to the Opera's Historical Museum in 1586 because Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici had ordered the construction of a new façade. The present museum opened in 1891. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CAMBIO-MD-AFS-A0 1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Duomo Façade Sculpture; Flock of Sheep and Oxen