Street Art in Venice

High relief within aedicule – Campo San Piero 69

High relief within aedicule - Campo San Piero 69

Description

High relief within an aedicule, in Istrian stone and Verona red marble, dimensions 77×62 cm.

Madonna degli Alberetti crowned by flying angels while the Eternal Father, surrounded by six angels, sends the dove of the Holy Spirit. The reliefs were placed in a contemporary aedicule with an elaborate ogival arch, originally decorated by two superimposed creeping flowers, twisted columns, lateral pinnacles, superimposed pairs of trefoil arches, and at the top, the blessing Eternal Father.

Photos

CS 9 – High relief within aedicule – Campo San Piero 69
CS 9 – High relief within aedicule – Campo San Piero 69
CS 9 – High relief within aedicule – Campo San Piero 69
CS 9 – High relief within aedicule – Campo San Piero 69

Classifications

Dating: 1400s, Early 1400s

Type: Aedicule, Relief

Materials: Istrian stone, Verona red marble

Location

Sestiere: Castello

Locality: Campo San Piero 69 (Castello)

References

  • Rizzi: Scultura esterna a Venezia, 1987 (CS 9) : Altorilievo entro edicola, Pietra d'Istria e Rosso Verona, cm. 77u00d762. Madonna degli Alberetti incoronata da angeli in volo mentre il Padre Eterno, circondato da sei angeli, manda l acolomba dello Spirito Santo. I rilievi sono stati posti entro edicola coeva con elaborato arco ogivale, origianriamente ornato da due sorapposti fiorono striscianti, colonnine atorciglione, pinnacoli laterali, a coppie sovrapposti di archetti trilobati, ed al sommo, Padre Eterno benedicente.