Monumento Sepolcrale di Benedetto Maffei nella Chiesa di S. MAria sopra Minerva

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Title

Monumento Sepolcrale di Benedetto Maffei nella Chiesa di S. MAria sopra Minerva

Subject

Sepulchral monument of Benedict Maffei in the church of St. Mary above Minerva

Description

Table XV
Descending from the minor ship of the church of St. Mary above Minerva, the fourth chapel that is seen and the one that was founded by the Maffei family of Verona and entitled to Salvatore e an s. Fillip Neri. And to the left point of this chapel the child mercy of Achille Maffei posed the tomb to the father Benedetto, a man with a big reputation of the doctrine under the Pontificate Sisto IV. The tomb we estimate to be one of the vague rings so our knight Tosi formed this valuable necklace to show the richness of the sister arts at that time that in endless mines resurrected treasuring the beautiful and the true. And everything in it, and thanks simplicity. And a socket on a base with three recesses this , the average and more wide a tombstone that the virtues of the deceased and those more narrow side and a coat of glue company of his family to Italian writers of the decades. Above the urn with Greek subscription and over the urn in a case where the middle and carved the image of the extinct. And all that is contained between two pillars Composite order raised on the sides to support the entablature which ends the monument. From the second urn or box lintel start to a vacuum that seems to have been intended for a painting. But this came down to us, the time subtracted from our view as to our memory of the author's name so precious deposit.

Creator

Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi

Publisher

Presso l'Editore Proprietario

Date

15th and 16th Sculpture

Contributor

Unknown Donor

Rights

Geneseo Foundation

Relation

Volumes 2, 3, 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

IMG_5692.JPG

Citation

Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi , “Monumento Sepolcrale di Benedetto Maffei nella Chiesa di S. MAria sopra Minerva,” LLB Galleries, accessed January 22, 2025, https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/items/show/346.