Memorials

Fiesole Duomo 08 altare principale nel mezzo di Chiesa

Rosselli Number	8.0
Memorial Type	altar
Status	extant
Current Repository	moved
Primary Installation	na
Secondary Installation	na
Tomb Form	na
Liturgical Orientation	E
Height	310.0
Width	307.0
Documented Types	altare
Component Parts	mensa relief sculpture tabernacle
Decorative Elements
Material
Database ID	32005

1494
1878 to 1885 a

Fiesole Duomo 01a Cappella maggiore
Fiesole Duomo 09a piccolo Altare de Ferrucci:
Fiesole Duomo 09b piccolo Altare de Ferrucci:

pp. 1410, no. 8

[a] The marble altarpiece was moved during the significant renovations to the cathedral in the late nineteenth century. A painting by Fabio Borbottoni depicts the dossal in its original location prior to its removal to the Cappella dei Canonici.
[b] Stefano Rosselli noted two coats of arms on the marble altarpiece, those on the right showing the swaddled infant of Florence's foundling hospital, which led him to conclude they were being honored. He noted that Matteo di Simone Gondi had left his estate to the Innocenti, which has confused some into believing the unidentified arms on the dossal are those of that family, which instead had arms with < a href="https://sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu/groups/375">two crossed maces, not two bends.