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Photographer
Domenico Anderson
(British, 1854 – 1938)
Photographer
James Anderson
(British, 1813 – 1877)
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.403
Not on view
DescriptionDetail shot of fresco The Church as the Path to Salvation (east wall) by Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze in the Spanish Chapel (1366-67). The subject of the east wall, which unfolds in several registers and stages has been given many different names. Since the 16th century it has usually been known as "Ecclesia militans" and "Ecclesia triumphans." More recently it has been described as the "Via veritatis," the Church as the Path to Salvation. In addition to the idea of making the observer aware, via images, of the official church and its institutions as the true path to salvation, the intention was also to emphasize, among the institutions of the Church, the Dominican order and its work (Source : https://www.wga.hu/html_m/a/andrea/firenze/spanish/2east02.html, accessed 6/20/2023).
This is a head shot of a figure in white cloth located at the bottom center of the fresco which is suspected to be a portrait of Cimabue by the previous owner of this print.Since the photographed fresco in the Cappellone degli Spagnoli, Santa Maria Novella was painted by Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze, attribution to Simone Martini from inscription (pencil) at the back of the print is not correct.
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Provenance
2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed
Recto, lower margin: "8212 FIRENZE-Dettaglio- Chiesa militante e trionfante- Scuola di Giotta- S Maria Novells- Anderson"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "Portrait of Cimabue? / Detail from the Church Militant / Simone Martini 1285?-1344 / Florentine School"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "Portrait of Cimabue? / Detail from the Church Militant / Simone Martini 1285?-1344 / Florentine School"
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Medium: Cibachrome
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Andrea Robbins
Date: 1998
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Object number: 2020.8.2
Giulio Romano
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.135
Filippino Lippi
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Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.106
Pinturicchio
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Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.981
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Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.982
Pinturicchio
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.983
Raphael
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.693
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.986
Rhona Bitner
Date: August 25, 2015
Medium: Fujiflex print
Object number: 2024.7.8
Fra Angelico
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.793
Elliott Erwitt
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1981.20.13