Search	The Work of Impruneta, Il Tesoro di Santa Maria :: Cushion Tuscan Manifacture, 15th century, before 1477 :: The discovery of the sacred image of the Virgin Florentine Sculptor, Mid 15th century :: Altar trappings composed of four candleholders and a cross bearer with a cross Florentine Workshop, Before 1632 :: Antiphonary (previously called Vesperal 6) Antonio di Girolamo di Ugolino, 1538-1539. :: 1. Gradual (previously called Antiphonary I) Lippo di Benivieni, 1315-1320 ca. :: Basin and jug Tuscan Manifacture, Datable as 1711 :: Pyx Tuscan Manifacture, 16th century :: Processional cross Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1425 ca. :: Reliquary of St. Sixtus Simone Pignoni, Dated 1614 :: Pyx Cosimo Merlini, 1637 :: Pair of votive vases Tuscan Manifacture, Second quarter of the 17th century, datable as 1633 :: Pax Antonio di Salvi, 1515 :: Little cape - image cover in canvas Tuscan Manifacture, 1568 :: Chasuble Tuscan Manifacture, Early 18th century :: Series of two tunicles Tuscan Manifacture, 17th century	.:. works .:. artists Pair of votive vases Second quarter of the 17th century, datable as 1633 Tuscan Manifacture Impruneta, The Treasure of Santa Maria Embossed, chased, engraved and impressed silver, with some parts cast; 30 x 18cm., diam. foot 9,5cm. Source: Basilica of Santa Maria at Impruneta This pair of embossed and engraved vases in silver is part of a series of 15 examples, similar in style and period that were donated by some noble families and the metropolitan clergy to the Basilica of Santa Maria at Impruneta. These gifts were made at the time of the famous procession of 1633, promoted by the Grand Dukes in gratitude to the Madonna for having brought the contagious plague to an end. Probably completed by votive lilies, they were made to adorn the marble balustrade that fences off the little temple of the Virgin. These two examples in particular are the most valuable in this unique set of silver furnishings, real masterpieces of Florentine 17th century goldsmithery. The vases have a smooth surfaced circular base whose soft moulding is repeated again at the neck and are otherwise without decoration. The pear-shaped bodies of the vases are decorated with a great many elegant phytomorphic spirals, with three tablets in the upper part that bear the coats of arms of the donors, topped with the coronets of the noble Salviati, Corsini and Niccolini families. The vases are enriched with three spouts in cast silver that jut out grotesque protomorphic masks. The symbol of Florence and a thistle flower inside an oval field are marked on the edge of vase mouths and probably pertain to the workshop where they were carried out though they have not been found repeated on other objects. Their dating not only comes from the city's symbol, found here in the version that was used precisely in that year, but also because of their extremely close resemblance to other vases in the same collection, dated 1633, whose decoration is also linked to Mannerist prototypes. back print
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