Florence Baptistery: South Doors (Florence, Italy) : The right door: Charity / Humility
- Creator:
- Andrea Pisano, ca. 1295-ca. 1348
- Published/Created:
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
1330-1336 - Date Depicted:
- 10/14/1998
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- bronze
- Notes:
- In 1329 the Arte di Calimala (the cloth-merchants' guild, who were in charge of the Baptistery), abandoning an earlier plan to cover the wooden doors of the Baptistery with metal plates, decided to install new doors cast in bronze (now on the south side).
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 14th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Medieval
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 6A1-PAN-BS-C13
- 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:
- architectural exteriors; cycles or series; saints; John, the Baptist, Saint casting architectural elements; openings (architectural elements) ; doors; visual works; sculpture (visual work); reliefs (sculptures); bas-reliefs (sculpture)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/14/1998 - 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:
- 10103275
- PID:
- digcoll:1901529