God the Father with Adoring Angels
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Authors
Andrea della Robbia
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God , Angels , Nativity , Adoration of the Magi
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Abstract
This glazed-terracotta work is documented to have been made by Andrea della Robbia for the Observant Franciscan church of Santa Maria in Fontecastello (near Montepulciano, where it is now housed in the Museo Civico). Andrea worked a great deal for the Observant Franciscans in these years, carrying out major commissions for the Osservanza in Siena and in La Verna. This work served as an elaborate sculpted frame for a much-venerated fresco of the Madonna and Child, as well as for a host tabernacle in the predella, flanked by colourful patterned tiles and scenes of the Nativity and Adoration of the Magi. The painting was framed by cherub heads, then God the Father with adoring angels, these framed in turn by classicizing architecture, all of which served to elevate the older image and give it an up-to-date gloss. Photograph(s) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Museo Civico, Montepulciano; Ospedale di San Cristoforo, Montepulciano; Sant'Agostino, Montepulciano; Arciconfraternita della Misericordia, Montepulciano; Palazzo Communale, Montepulciano; Santa Maria, Fontecastello (Montepulciano)
Citation
Laura Martini, ed., Museo Civico Pinacoteca Crociani (Siena: Musei Senesi, 2000), 79-82, 193; Giancarlo Gentilini, I Della Robbia (Florence: Cantini, 1992), I: 211.