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Galleria
dell'Accademia di Firenze / Gallery of the Academy of Florence
"Accademia" pronounced: ock a DEEM ee a
Florence,
Italy
February 2020 PhotosOn this page below:
Di Cione's Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist
Del Biondo's Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict
Maestro della Madonna Straus's Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion
Palestrina
Pietà![]() Palestrina Pietà Pieta ...Artist: ? ... Year: c. 1555 ... Marble ... Height: 8'4" ... "Formerly
attributed to Michelangelo,
but now it is mostly considered to have been completed by someone else,
such as Niccolò Menghini or Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The
attribution to Michelangelo was made in the
first half of the 18th century. There is no earlier discussion of the
work as there is for nearly all others attributed to the master.
"The sculpture was originally in a room beside the Santa Rosalia church in Palestrina and was owned by the Barberini family. Some sources indicate it was made in 1556. The sculpture was acquired by the government in 1939. - Wikipedia (online June 2020) ![]() Palestrina Pietà ![]() Palestrina Pietà ![]() Palestrina Pietà |
Crucifix By Bernardo Daddi ca. 1345 ![]() Bernardo Daddi's Crucifix "Among Giotto’s pupils was
Bernardo Daddi, by whom there are various goldbacked panel paintings in
the room and, above all, a large painted Crucifix,
formerly exposed in the Florentine church of San Donato in
Polverosa. The cross was located above the main altar and features the
typical Gothic
pose of a “Christus patiens”, and follows the iconography requirements
Giotto had set with the crucifix he painted for the Basilica
of Santa Maria Novella in Florence at the turn of the century (ca.
1295).
"In Daddi’s Crucifix (ca. 1345), Christ’s heavy body is flanked by the sorrowful figures of Mary and John the Evangelist, while the ends of the arms depict “The Mocking of Christ”, “Christ at the Column” and “The Way to Calvary”. At the top of the panel, Christ is painted as “Jesus Pantocreator at the Last Judgment” within a shiny almond shaped space. In the same branch of the cross, one can read the Latin inscription “DICEST IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM” (Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews)." - Accademia.org (online June 2020) ![]() Bernardo Daddi's Crucifix Gilded background ... Black vessel foreshadows the vinegar Jesus is offered while on the cross ... Stigmata ![]() Bernardo Daddi's Crucifix Jesus' acceptance of the cross (see John 19:17) ![]() Bernardo Daddi's Crucifix Stigmata ... Mary, mother of Jesus, and St. John the Apostle ![]() Bernardo Daddi's Crucifix |
Crucifixion
with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist By Jacopo Di Cione C. 1370 ![]() ![]() ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Crucifixion ... Angels ... Virgin Mary ... Saint John the Evangelist ... Details, starting at the top: ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Pelican and chicks ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Blood from three stigmata wounds being preserved in dishes by angels ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Blood from two stigmata wounds being preserved in dishes by angels ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Blood from two stigmata wound being preserved in dishes by angels ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Virgin Mary ... Saint John the Evangelist ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Virgin Mary ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist Saint John the Evangelist ![]() Crucifixion with Four Angels, the Virgin, and Saint John the Evangelist |
Presentation
of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict By Giovanni Del Biondo 1364 ![]() ![]() ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Triptych ... Presentation of Jesus at the Temple ... Left panel: St. John the Baptist ... Right panel: St. Benedict ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Far left triptych panel: St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of Florence ... Note the hairshirt and the cross, both attributes ... Cross patté ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Christ Pantocrator holding the gospel book in His left hand and blessing with His right ... Gilded background ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Joseph offers two doves as a sacrifice to the rabbi, the only figure without a halo ... Flanking the rabbi are the prophets Simeon and Anna ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Flanking the rabbi are the prophets Simeon and Anna ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Far right triptych panel: St. Benedict ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Left predella: Annunciation to Zacharias, father of St. John the Baptist ... St. John is the patron saint of Florence ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Center predella: Birth of John the Baptist ![]() Presentation of Jesus at the Temple between St. John the baptist and St. Benedict Right predella: Banquet of Herod (note the Baptist's head on a platter) |
Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of
the Passion By Maestro della Madonna Straus C. 1395 ![]() ![]() Maestro
della Madonna Straus: "He was
active in Florence and is named after a depiction of a Madonna and
Child donated by the Straus family to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
He is possibly the same person as Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni. One
of the most individual and lyrical Late Gothic
Tuscan painters ... His slender,
pale figures blend spiritual evanescence with Giottesque solidity of
form and are at their most expressive in the Man of Sorrows with Instruments of the Passion
of c. 1395. Striking touches of
realism... enliven these scenes." - Wikipedia
(online June 2020)
![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Judas betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Pilate washing his hands literally and symbolically ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Judas kisses Jesus to indicate who the soldier should arrest ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Longinus pierced Jesus with his lance ... Longinus: the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance and who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity ... Left woman in black: Mary, mother of Jesus(?) ... Right blonde woman : Mary Magdalene(?) ... Jesus's stigmata wound drips blood which is captured in a chalice ... Vessel with vinegar given Jesus to drink while he is on the cross ... Thumb and fingers gesture used to insult Jesus ... Three nails for the hanging on the cross ... Whips used to flog Jesus ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Pelican and chicks ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Vessel with vinegar given Jesus to drink when he was on the cross ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Stigmata blood is captured in a chalice ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Stigmata blood is captured in a chalice ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion Veronica's veil with Christ's image imprinted on the cloth ... Right: vessels of perfumed ointment applied to Jesus's body after his death ![]() Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Symbols of the Passion |