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Memorials

Innocenti 01 Altar Maggiore

Alternate Names

  • Altar grande
  • High Altar
Rosselli Number 1.0
Memorial Type altar
Status lost
Current Repository na
Primary Installation na
Secondary Installation na
Tomb Form na
Liturgical Orientation E
Documented Types
  • altare
  • tavola
Component Parts
  • mensa
Decorative Elements
  • Virgin Mary
Database ID 4

Dates

April 11th, 1451 a
consecration
October 23rd, 1485 to 1487 b
decoration

Individuals (2 total)

Tesori, Francesco (messer) di Giovanni (Priore, Spedale degli Innocenti)
October 23rd, 1485
Bigordi, Domenico di Tommaso di Currado (detto Ghirlandaio)
October 23rd, 1485 to 1487

Related Memorials (4 total)

Innocenti 02a Altare della Nunziata:
1645 to 1786
Innocenti 05 tomb of Vincenzo Borghini 1580:
autumn 1580 to 1786
Innocenti 07 tomb of Francesco Tesori 1498:
1498 to 1786
Innocenti Squarcialupi tomb 1677:
1677 to 1785

Notes

  • [a] The church's consecration is documented in a book of memories kept at the archive of the Innocenti. See AOIF, 5377, Ricordançe A, fol. 12.
  • [b] The altarpiece contract between the Innocenti's prior Francesco Tesori and artist Domenico Ghirlandaio is dated October 23rd, 1485.