Orvieto: MRA-ITA-Orv001
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-ITA-Orv001
Sample Material Type
- Undefined
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 11.5
- Width
- 5
- Height
- 2
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 59.6
Geographic Location
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Orvieto
- Detailed location not available
- no
Site/monument
- Italy (ITA)
Orvieto
Cattedrale di Orvieto
Cattedrale di Orvieto, Cappella di San Brizio
Historical note about the site/monument
- Orvieto Cathedral is a 14th century religious building dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The flagstone of the cathedral was laid down on 13 November 1290 by Poppe Nicholas IV. The construction lasted almost three centuries with the design and style evolving from Romanesque to Gothic. The cathedral consists of a nave with six bays and two aisles, and it cruciform in shape. The chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio, also known as Cappella Nuova and Signorelli chapel, is a 15th century addition. Fra Angelico and Benozzo Gozzoli began the decoration of the chapel vault in 1447 but it was Luca Signorelli that would finish it after award the commission in 1499. He also painted the frescoes in the lunettes of the walls of the chapel between 1500 and 1503.
Further reading:
Gillerman, D.M. (1994). "The Evolution of the Design of Orvieto Cathedral, ca. 1290–1310" (PDF). The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Society of Architectural Historians. 53 (3):300-321. doi:10.2307/990939. JSTOR 990939.
Riess, J.B. (1995). Luca Signorelli: The San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto (Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance). George Braziller. ISBN 0-8076-1312-6.
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, April 25). Orvieto Cathedral. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 9, 2021, from Orvieto Cathedral - Wikipedia.
Chronological period (sample)
- 15th-16th century
Other info about sample provenance
- Sottarco finestra tampone (hand-written notes)