Ognissanti, Florence

The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti, or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti (Italian:

martyrs

, known and unknown.

It is the burial place of the famous Early Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli, as well as Age of Discovery-era explorer Amerigo Vespucci, from whom the name "America" is derived.

History

It was completed originally during the 1250s, but almost completely rebuilt around 1627 in

campanile

of 13th and 14th century construction.

The Umiliati, by the dedication and probity of the lay brothers and sisters, gained a reputation in Florence, and dedicated works of art began to accumulate in their severely simple church. For example,

St Francis of Assisi

.

In the early 17th-century, the interior was remodeled in Baroque style, with the

St Jerome in His Study

; both were executed contemporaneously in 1480.

Ghirlandaio also frescoed a version of the Last Supper in the refectory, now a museum, located between the two cloisters, a work which likely influenced Leonardo da Vinci's later work in Milan.

In the Vespucci chapel, a fresco by

Bahia de Todos os Santos.^[3]

Over the door to the sacristy is a crucifix in wood by Veit Stoss.

Notes

^ It gives its name to the borgo, one of the traditional divisions of Florence.
^ It was restored in 1872.
^ Giotto's Madonna and child are now in the Uffizi.
^ The paintings on panels, always considered noteworthy,^[1] had been considered a work of Giotto's followers ("scuola giottesca").^[1]^[2]
^ Built to a design by Jacopo Ligorio.
^ A small round stone in a chapel of the right transept marks his resting-place.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b TCI (1922), p. 313.
^ "Giotto's Ognissanti Crucifix brought back to life", BBC News, retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ Bargellini & al. (1977), pp. 337–340.

Bibliography

Bargellini, Piero; et al. (1977), Le Strade di Firenze, Vol. II, Florence: Bonechi. (in Italian)
Firenze e Dintorni, Touring Club of Italy, 1922, republished 1964. (in Italian)
Ognissanti and Ghirlandaio's Last Supper.