Two dossals for a church. An insight into the artistic commissions of the Humiliati in Pistoia and the figurative decoration of the domus of Santa Maria Maddalena

Raffaele Marrone
Based on the order’s own sources and on other unpublished documentary evidence, this paper proposes a reconstruction of the conformation and 14th-century liturgical furnishings of the destroyed church of the Humiliati in Pistoia, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. In particular, the essay aims to trace the chalice by Andrea di Jacopo d’Ognabene and the two altarpieces now in the local Museo Civico, works by the ‘Master of 1310’ and the ‘Master of the Pietà of Pistoia’, back to a common project of endowment for the church. While the first painting was undoubtedly placed over the high altar, the second – identical in structure though smaller in size – was probably positioned above the altar in the chapel of the sisters of the order, next to the openings connecting the area used by the female community with the presbytery of the church.

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Alessandro Bagnoli The 'Resurrection of Christ' by Francesco Botticini for the Corpus Domini confraternity in Poggibonsi
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Marie-Ange Causarano Diffusion and use of tooth-edged tools in the Sienese area between the 12th and 13th centuries
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Raffaele Marrone Two dossals for a church. An insight into the artistic commissions of the Humiliati in Pistoia and the figurative decoration of the domus of Santa Maria Maddalena
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Giulia Brusori The 'Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist' of Marseille: a new proposal for Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, known as Nosadella
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Felice Mastrangelo An unpublished 'Saint Paul' by Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, know as Nosaldella
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Gloria Antoni A worthy debut. The works of Jacopo Zucchi in Palazzo Vecchio before the Salone dei Cinquecento (1557-1563)
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Tommaso Tovaglieri A signed and dated painting by Francesco Curradi
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Stefania Stefani Perrone New insights into Tanzio da Varallo and his brothers
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Alessandro Brogi New light on a lost painting by Ludovico Carracci
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Andrea Daninos The 'Nativity' and the 'Deposition' by Gaetano Zumbo, from Genoa to Paris. With a note on Sebastiano del Piombo
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Miriam Giovanna Leonardi Enrico Costa in Bogotá. On the trail of an art history desaparecido
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