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Verrocchio's Christ and St. Thomas : chronology, iconography and political context

Author
Butterfield, Andrew
Document type
Article (journal)
Language
English
Source
Burlington magazine. 1992, Num. 1069, Vol. 134, 225-233, 4 ill. (1 col.)
ISSN
0007-6287
Abstract (en)
Presents new documentary evidence that not only establishes the basic chronology of the sculptural group commissioned from Verrocchio by the Mercanzia, the tribunal for commercial law in Florence, for their niche at Orsanmichele, but also, by revealing that the board of operai of the Mercanzia at the time of the commission (1466) consisted of Lorenzo de' Medici and his closest political allies, casts light on the political context and the iconographic program: the incredulity of Thomas was commonly associated with justice in 15th c. Tuscany and S. Thomas was a favorite saint of the Medici, thus Christ and S. Thomas was a perfect emblem of Medicean justice and the justice of Medicean rule. (Appendix with documents, 1466-1490.)
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DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00430908

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