Pilaster
Sculptures
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Date | 1450–1475 (original), 1907 (cast) |
Object type | plaster cast |
Medium, technique | plaster cast |
Dimensions | 267 × 111 × 22 cm |
Inventory number | Rg.207 |
Collection | Sculptures |
On view | Star Fortress (Komárom), The Della Robbia Workshop in Florence, Gallery XIV |
Mino da Fiesole made the marble tabernacle in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. According to a record from 1677, the tabernacle had been placed in a Benedictine convent in Florence (Santissima Annunziata alle Murate e Santa Caterina). It was moved to its present location in the Basilica di Santa Croce in 1815. Set within an architectural frame ending in a lunette, the wall tabernacle is decorated with four angels adoring the Holy Sacrament. The Latin transcription also points to the Eucharistic sacrament and the function of the tabernacle: HIC EST PANIS VIVVS Q DECELO DESCENDIT (Here is the Living Bread which descends from Heaven) O SALVTARIS HOSTIA (O Host of Salvation). The work is also signed by the artist: OPUS MINI.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.