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Madonna of the Rose (Orsanmichele)

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A Latin inscription on the base of the niche records damage to the sculpture in 1493 - Mary was the protector of Florence and the person who damaged the sculpture was sentenced to death. The Madonna was commissioned by the 'Arte dei Medici e Speziali' and completed around 1399. An object of great
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popular devotion, it was moved inside the church in 1628, meaning it is in a much better condition than the other thirteen sculptures in the cycle. It is now in the
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from his mother's hand. It forms part of a cycle of fourteen sculptures of the patron saints of the guilds of Florence on the external niches of the
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church. No documents survive to precisely date it, leading to several theories and attributions. Most art historians attribute it to
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by Donatello. It was restored in 1996, revealing it had possibly originally been painted.
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Le statue dei santi protettori delle arti fiorentine e il Museo di Orsanmichele
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Madonna della Rosa (Orsanmichele)

Piero di Giovanni Tedesco
Museo di Orsanmichele
Florence

Italian
rosa canina
Orsanmichele
Pietro di Giovanni Tedesco
Florence Cathedral
Giotto
Museo di Orsanmichele
Saint George
Categories
14th-century sculptures
Sculptures in Orsanmichele

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