Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Duomo Façade Sculpture; Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Reparata and Zenobius
Image View:
Overall grouping; the figure at left is more probably the virtue Charity, not Saint Reparata
Creator:
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:
1300-1310 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
allegory; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; virtue; Charity
Description:
Martin Weinberger ascribes this grouping to school of Nicola Pisano. He points out that the figure to the left, traditionally called Saint Reparata, does not match the other figures in height and is more probably a figure of the virtue Charity, not in the originally grouping. She holds a vase with flames, one of the attributes of Charity. The originals are displayed at ground level, with copies showing their correct placement above on the full scale replica of the facade in the new wing of the museum. (Source: Weinberger, Martin; The First Façade of the Cathedral of Florence, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. 4, no. 1/2, 1940)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CAMBIO-MD-MGT-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Duomo Façade Sculpture; Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Reparata and Zenobius