Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Pala del Sacramento [tabernacle in the south aisle]
Image View:
Detail center panel, illusionistic perspective relief of coffered barrel vault
Creator:
Desiderio da Settignano (Italian sculptor, ca. 1429-1464)
Location:
repository: San Lorenzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
New Sacristy
GPS:
43.774917 11.253861
Date:
ca. 1460 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
tabernacle (liturgical container)
Work Type 2:
relief (sculpture)
Work Type 3:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
white marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
447 cm (height) x 140 cm (width)
Subjects:
architecture; New Testament; saints; Angels; Catholic Church; Jesus Christ; John, the Apostle, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Mass; Communion
Description:
Desiderio's tabernacle combines an illusionistic perspective relief, forming a frame for the cupboard at center, holding consecrated bread, with sculpture in the round. There are two flanking young girls holding candlesticks, and on a lunette top, two putti adore the Christ Child, who stands on a Communion chalice and holds a rose with thorns. At the base are two flanking vertical decorative panels and a central panel of the Lamentation with Mary, Christ and St. John Evangelist. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/in dex.html)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
6A1-DESIDER-SL-TSS-A 08
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pala del Sacramento [tabernacle in the south aisle]