Altare nella Chiesa di S. Maria della Pave

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Title

Altare nella Chiesa di S. Maria della Pave

Subject

Altar in the church of Santa Maria della Pace

Description

This magnificent altar was made to raise by Innocent VIII in the church of S. Our Lady of Peace in honor of the Virgin Mary for having overcome a painful disease. It took some time for the place of the 'Altar and afterwards was transported to where it now is seen. Everything we have from Pennotti is from his histor. Canon. The Reg. 3. c. 33, who writes: (LATIN). Today the main altar in (LATIN) reads the following inscription:

Innocent VIII had to love the Church of Peace also for his genius peaceful, so was able to make peace between the Christian princes, and so Vital Wheat sang her credit for this side:

The altar in the said conveyance to the side of the Gospel, and the use of altar of the Crucifix underwent some modifications, which art cannot certainly approve. The niche of Our Lady was not enough (pel) crucifix, and so it was enlarged almost two branches, that spoil the pristine beauty of the lines, and what is more they break the beautiful design of 'pillars carved with ornate, that arise at his side. It incarcerated in a space too small, and not field or background that we mean, who does not show for a tenth of the beauty of art resurgent, and that set that has picture in the paper.
About the saints that fill the niches, here is what we could (conghietturare). The first two on the right and left of the upper part are the two John in 'their sides, one and abbot, and it seems that we should thus characterize the pastoral flower that looks inward, unlike the pastoral bishop who turns out: the other seems to S. Anthony abbot and youthful face is the fire that alludes to a famous miracle in order to split the elements that made up a brick. The two circular figures contain some means of two angels, and maybe two evangelists, as does the suspect parchment. Finally at the bottom we have some the only two apostles St. Peter and S. Paul Delk bishop you cannot say anything, and the other with high cross, watching the sky and in a suit venerable and apostolic would seem the apostle St. Philip, or S. Compano apostolic Barnabas S. Paul.
As to the reasons for these saints: two apostles, Peter and Paul as protectors of Rome, the two John allude, one in the name of the Pope who order the altar, which was called (LATIN) John, the other being the beloved disciple left his son to Mary, the two must be mitred saints who have written especially the SS. Virgin and so the Evangelists: St. Presumably Anthony was the patron saint of the Pope, as he had studied in Padua.
The Crucifix carved in wood, which is in the midst of great niche is working fine, but falsely attributed to Michelangelo.

Creator

Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi

Publisher

Presso l'Editore Proprietario

Date

15th and 16th Century Sculpture

Contributor

Unknown Donor

Rights

Geneseo Foundation

Relation

Volumes 1, 2, 4, and 5

Format

20 x 16

Language

Italian

Type

Print

Identifier

Italian Monuments in Rome created during the 15th and 16th Century

Coverage

Prints were made circa 1835 to 1860

Files

LXVII.jpg

Citation

Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi , “Altare nella Chiesa di S. Maria della Pave,” LLB Galleries, accessed March 28, 2024, https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/items/show/275.