Benedetto de Maiano (alternatively: Majano de Benedetto; Benedetto di Leonardo)
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Altare della cappella di S.Fina, Image depicts the altar of Saint Fina inside the Collegiata di San Gimignano. The elevated tomb sits within a niche. There are angels on each side and a Madonna and Child with two angels above. The structure holds an inscription stating the resting place of the Saint Fina. There are small decorative figures throughout the piece., 1473-75
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0283; Public Notes:
Altare di S.Bartolo (dettaglio), Marble relief from the altar of Saint Bartolo depicting the Madonna and Child surrounded them in four sides, to the right and left standing archangels appear, above and below bust statues of cherubim angels. The bottom of the altar is decorated with more cherubim heads., 15th century
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0282; Public Notes:
Honorius III Ratifying the Order of Saint Francis; Onorio III che ratifica l'ordine di S.Francesco, Marble relief depicts the confirmation of the Franciscan order by Pope Honorius III in 1223. The relief depicts the Pope enthroned with one hand raised in blessing over a kneeling Saint Francis and the other holds the rolled document of the order. To the left, a cluster of monks gather and surrounding the pope are two nuns and two attendants., 1480-81
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0280; Public Notes:
Le Stimate di S. Francesco; The Stigmata of Saint Francis, Marble relief depicts the Stigmata of St. Francis near Mount La Verna in 1224. According to the hagiography, Saint Francis had spent forty days fasting and on the last day, the day of the Exaultation of the Cross, he looked up into the sky to see a six winged Seraphim in the sky. When he fell to his knees to pray he realized the angel was crucified and in turn, Francis too experienced the wounds of the crucifixion. Here, the marble relief depicts Francis in the moment right before his stigmata. He kneels at the sight of the crucified angel in the sky, to the right of the relief. He is joined by a fellow friar to the left, who also kneels in awe. The scene takes place in the foothills before a city, possibly Arezzo, Italy, the providence in which Mount La Verna resides., 1472-76
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0279; Public Notes: Marble relief belongs to a series of scenes depicted on the Pulpit of Santa Croce, commissioned by Pietro Mellini, a wealthy banker, relief was to be a funeral monument.
Madonna and Child, Marble relief depicts the Madonna and Child with four angels at the Chapel of Filippo Strozzi, dedicated to the Apostles Philip and James. The relief sits behind the altar and above the tomb of Filippo Strozzi., 1487-1497
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0285; Public Notes:
Saint John the Baptist and Puttis, Image depicts a detail from the pediment above the doors at the Palazzo Vecchio in the Hall of Lilies. The statue depicts a standing John the Baptist wearing camel hair, holding his staff, and scroll that reads " Ecce Agnus Dei- the lamb of God.", 1470-1472
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0286; Public Notes:
Saint John the Baptist and Puttis, Image depicts the pediment above the doors at the Palazzo Vecchio in the Hall of Lilies. The statue depicts a standing John the Baptist wearing camel hair, holding his staff, and scroll that reads " Ecce Agnus Dei- the lamb of God." To the left and right two puttis stand., 1470-1472
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0284; Public Notes:
The Annunciation, The marble altar at the Mastrogiudici chapel depicts the Annunciation in which the Archangel Gabriel announces the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary, from the Gospel of Luke. The scene is set in an indoor courtyard, beneath a predella in which three angels observe. The niches are decorated with four saints holding books, two standing males and two female. The base of the altar is decorated with scenes from the life of Christ, including: the Adoration of the Magi, Presentation at the Temple, the Agony in the Garden, the Entombment of Christ, Pentecost, the Assumption of Mary., before 1489
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0281; Public Notes: Altare in marmo nella cappella Mastrogiudici
The Martyrdom of Franciscan Friars, Marble relief depicts the first recorded martyrdom of Franciscan friars in the 13th century. According to the hagiography, Francis of Assisi had sent a group of friars to the Islamic controlled Morocco to evangelize. The group was eventually arrested for both refusing to stop preaching nor leave. While imprisoned, the friars resisted Islamic conversion and were eventually brought before the king and beheaded. Here, the relief depicts the Sultan enthroned in a courtyard with attendants around him. The friars are grouped to the left, one lifts his eyes heavenward with his hand open another kneels in prayer. In the center, an executioner stands with his scimitar raised and beheaded friars at his feet. In the background a landscape appears depicting a group of friars kneel and receive a blessing from a fellow friar. In the sky Saint Francis appears with two hands emerging. The relief belongs to a series of four other reliefs from the pulpit of Santa Croce, Florence that are remembered as the most important relief cycle in terracotta from the 15th century., 1480-1481
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0278; Public Notes:
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