Bronzino's Uffizi Pietà and the Cambi Chapel in S. Trinita, Florence

Author

Waldman, Louis Alexander

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1997, Num. 1127, Vol. 139, 94-102, 6 ill.; 1 plan

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Presents new documentary evidence dated 1498-1630 establishing that Bronzino's Pietà with S. Mary Magdalen (Florence, Uffizi) was commissioned by Lorenzo d'Antonio Cambi for his family's chapel in S. Trinita, Florence, and casting light on the history of the chapel and of the Cambi family's association with S. Trinita; the documents, transcribed in the appendix, include endowments for masses on the feast of the Magdalen, a payment by Lorenzo d'Antonio to Bronzino in 1529 for the altarpiece, payments to various workmen in 1540 for the frame, a payment to one Mariotto dipintore in 1542 for a curtain for the altarpiece, and a record of the sale of the chapel by a poor descendant, following which a new altar was erected to S. Miniato in 1630.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572
• Painting
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Dead Christ with the Madonna and S. Mary Magdalen
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• S. Trinita||Firenze (ITA)
• Cambi family, 14th-17th cs.
• Cambi, Lorenzo d'Antonio, 1479-1553
• Commissions
• Payments
• Patronage
• Documents

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572
• Peinture
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Christ mort avec la Vierge et sainte Marie-Madeleine
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• S. Trinita||Firenze (ITA)
• Cambi, famille, 14~e-17~e s.
• Cambi, Lorenzo d'Antonio, 1479-1553
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Paiement
• Mécénat
• Documents

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19970401-00259275

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