San Gimignano: Palazzo del Popolo (San Gimignano, Italy) : General view of north side, with entry to court at right
- Creator:
- unknown (Italian)
- Published/Created:
- Piazza del Duomo, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy
1288-1291 - Date Depicted:
- 7/15/1988
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- fresco
stone - Notes:
- The plain façade of the neighbouring Palazzo del Popolo (1288), to which belongs the Torre Grossa (1311; h. 54 m), belies its former splendour, since it was once inlaid with glazed terracotta arms of successive Podestà. The Sienese painter Memmo di Filippuccio was master of the town's earliest documented workshop (1303-1317). He was, in effect, the official town artist engaged on commissions from the Commune, such as the frescoed Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà) on the main wall of the Council Chamber in the Palazzo del Popolo. An inscription confirms that this was painted by Memmo's son Lippo Memmi in 1317 and restored by the Florentine Benozzo Gozzoli in 1467. The town's earliest surviving paintings are damaged frescoes of hunting scenes in the Council Chamber, which have been attributed to Azzo of Siena ( fl 1288-1292), who was paid for paintings in the Council Room in 1291.
- Variant Titles:
- Palazzo del Popolo (San Gimignano, Italy)
Town Hall - Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 13th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Medieval
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-SG-PP-B3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
palazzi pubblichi (AAT)
public buildings: municipal buildings: city halls (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; city government, secular construction buildings; public buildings; municipal buildings; city halls court
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Three
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
7/15/1988 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10158259
- PID:
- digcoll:1859128