San Francesco, Volterra
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Roman Catholic | |
| Province | Pisa |
| Location | |
| Location | Volterra, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 43°24′16″N 10°51′22″E / 43.40442°N 10.85605°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 13th century |
The church of San Francesco is a
Description
The plain stone church was granted in 1251 for a community of
Above the main altar, now enclosed in a baroque marble frame consisting of clouds, putti, and angels, is an early 14th century painted icon depicting a Madonna and Child. The venerated image was moved here from the no longer extant church of San Sebastiano, hence is called the Madonna di San Sebastiano.[2]
Among the paintings in the altars flanking the nave is a Madonna of the Immaculate Conception and saints with Adam and Eve (1585) by Giovanni Battista Naldini, a Nativity (1591) by Giovanni Balducci, a Crucifixion attributed to Bartolomeo Neroni, and a Crucifixion (1602) painted by Cosimo Daddi. There is an altarpiece depicting the "Miracle of San Francesco di Paola crossing the Straits of Messina on his Mantle (1711) by Alessandro Gherardini.
Two paintings are no longer in the church: the
The sacristy had a painting depicting Adoration of the Magi by Ignazio Hugford and a Nativity by Vincenzo Ferretti.[4]
Chapel of the Daily Cross (Cappella della Croce di Giorno)
This
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Capella della Croce di Giorno -
Frescoes of the Evangelists by Jacopo da Firenze
References
- ^ Guida per la citta di Volterra, by Pietro Torrini, Tipografia de Pietro Torrini, Volterra (1832); page 157.
- ^ Guida, Torrini (1832); page 155.
- ^ The circumcision is now in The National Gallery of London.
- ^ Torrini (1832), page 165.
- The information in this article is based on that in its Italian equivalent.
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