Santa Croce : Tabernacle of the Annunciation (Florence, Italy) : Aedicule, detail of pediment (right side)
- Creator:
- Donatello, ca. 1386-1466
- Published/Created:
- Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
ca. 1435 - Date Depicted:
- 10/15/1998
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- gilded
pietra serena - Notes:
- Similar in its architectural ornament to the Singing Gallery--and also ensconced in the wall of a building--is the Tabernacle of the Annunciation in Santa Croce, Florence. It is undocumented but formed the altarpiece of a former side chapel belonging to the Cavalcanti family. Carved in deep relief out of grey sandstone ( pietra serena, a favourite Tuscan building stone), it shows the two participants at life size and almost in the round, as in a tableau vivant, on a tiny stage behind a proscenium arch. For the sake of clarity, the ornamental details of the architecture and Mary's bedchamber are picked out in gilding, and the scene is enlivened by two pairs of mischievous infants teetering on the cornice above.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 15th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 6A1-DB-A-B5
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- New Testament; saints; Angels; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint carving visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/15/1998 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10103013
- PID:
- digcoll:1826571