Memorials

S. Maria Novella 011.1 Cappella de Bardi poi da Castagnuolo

Situated In

S. Maria Novella -- chiesa di Santa Maria Novella -- transept -- braccio destro (compass east, liturgical south)

Memorial Type	chapel
Status	transferred
Current Repository	na
Primary Installation	na
Secondary Installation	na
Tomb Form	na
Liturgical Orientation	E
Documented Types	cappella
Component Parts	mensa tomb
Decorative Elements	a
Database ID	32184

Dates

1280s to 1310s
circa 1300 (date is approximate) to 1356 b
1365 to circa 1440s (date is approximate) c

Individuals (5 total)

Bardi, Marco di Bernardo	by 1356	d
Bardi, Antonio (messer) di Filippo	by 1356	e
Bardi, Jacopo di Giovanni	by 1356	f
da Castagnolo, Paolo di Antonio di M. Zanobi	1356 to circa 1400 (date is approximate)	g
Boni, Bono di Giovanni di Bartolo di Bono di Bartolo	circa 1440s (date is approximate)	h

Groups (3 total)

Bardi		circa 1300 (date is approximate) to 1356
da Castagnolo		1356 to circa 1440s (date is approximate)
Boni		circa 1440s (date is approximate) to 1486

Related Memorials (2 total)

S. Maria Novella 001.2 Cappella Maggiore de Tornabuoni
S. Maria Novella 011.2 Cappella di S. Giovanni Apostolo et Evangelista de Boni:	circa 1440 (date is approximate)

Sources (2 total)

J. W. Brown, S. Maria Novella	pp. 128
E. Giurescu, Trecento Family Chapels	pp. 33–34

Notes

[a] According to J. Wood Brown (p. 128), the chapel was initially decorated with the Bardi family arms, which were taken down in 1356 by the new patron Paolo d'Antonio di M. Zanobi da Castagnolo.
[b] The traditional assignment of patronage rights in the chapel's earliest phase has been assigned to the Bardi family, though no documentation has been found to support the claim that Marco di Bernardo Bardi sold his family's rights to Paolo di Antonio di Messer Zanobi da Castagnuolo in 1356.
[c] The Boni family had certainly secured rights to the transept chapel by the fifteenth century, but whether from the da Castagnuolo family or directly from the friars remains unclear, as does the date of acquisition.
[d] Though it is not known when Marco Bardi acquired rights to the Santa Maria Novella transept chapel, according to Brown (p. 128), he sold them in 1356 after receiving permission from his kinsmen.
[e] Though it is not known when messer Antonio Bardi acquired rights to the Santa Maria Novella transept chapel, according to Brown (p. 128), he gave permission to his kinsman Marco di Bernardo to sell them in 1356.
[f] Though it is not known when Jacopo Bardi acquired rights to the Santa Maria Novella transept chapel, according to Brown (p. 128), he gave permission to his kinsman Marco di Bernardo to sell them in 1356.
[g] According to J. Wood Brown, Paolo di Antonio di Messer Zanobi da Castagnolo purchased rights to the first transept chapel to the right of the high altar at Santa Maria Novella from Marco di Bernardo Bardi. Brown notes that he removed the Bardi family arms and tomb. He makes no mention of what he did with the chapel after that, but at some point prior to 1486 it had been sold again to the Boni family, a transaction not mentioned by Brown (1902, p. 128).
[h] Bono is the most likely candidate to have acquired the transept chapel. It passed to two of his sons, who sold it to Filippo Strozzi in 1486.