Il Tabernacolo Della Madonna D'Orsanmichele Lavoro Insigne Di Andrea Orcagna E Altre Sculture Di Eccellenti Maestri Le Quali Adornano La Loggia E La Chiesa Predetta - Tavole Dodici Disegnate Da Francesco Pieraccini E Incise Dal Cav. Prof. G. Paolo Lasinio Con Dichiarazione Compilata Da Giovanni Masselli.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/775
Imprint
Firenze :: MDCCCLI, Impresso In Prato Coi Tipi Di D. Passigli.
Physical Description
[6], 14, [2] p., XIII pl.: [2] illus.; 624 mm.
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Dichiarazione Delle Tavole ... [on pl. I-XII] - Annotazioni - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
Plates I-VII and XII name Andrea Orcagna as source-artist. All plates are signed as drawn by Fro. Pieraccini, apart from no. XIII, which is signed as measured and drawn by D. Cellesi. All are signed as engraved by G.P. Lasinio, apart from pl. X and XIII, which are signed as engraved by Ferd. Lasinio; plate IX is signed as engraved by G.P. Lasinio and finished by Ferd. Lasinio.
The title-page vignette and the illustration on the verso of the 'Annotazioni' are signed as drawn by E. De Fabris.
Each numbered plate carries the printer's imprint of Ach. Paris.
The work is dedicated by G.P. Lasinio to 'Giorgio Giovanni Warren, Lord Vernon'.
Summary Note
The plates show Orcagna's sculptures for the monumental, domed tabernacle commissioned to house an icon of the Virgin in the Orsanmichele, Florence; which he made between 1352 and 1360. They represent scenes from the life of the Virgin, angels, the Apostles, Old Testament saints and allegoric figures of the virtues.
Copy Note
A paper label has been pasted onto the upper cover, inscribed in ink in an unidentified hand, 'Il Tabernacolo della Madonna Andrea Orcagna'; to which has been added seemingly in another hand 'Press 1 Shelf 1'.
Binding Note
19th-century half mottled calf, brown paper-covered boards, rebacked in 1998; spine lettered 'Il Tabernacolo Della Madonna' and 'RA'.
Christian art and symbolism
Sculpture, Italian - Tabernacles - Church decoration and ornament - Churches - Italy - Florence - Orsanmichele - History - 14th century