MINO DA FIESOLE
(b. 1429, Poppi, d. 1484, Firenze)

Reliquary Altar

1481-84
Marble
Sant'Ambrogio, Florence

The tabernacle was commissioned by the nuns of Sant'Ambrogio. It was intended for a new chapel dedicated to the important Eucharistic relic situated to the left of the choir.

In the tabernacle relief, eight nun and a novice are shown on the left side of the composition, kneeling in prayer before the relic, counterbalanced by a separate group of male worshippers on the right.




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