Lot Essay
Built outside Porta Romana alongside the Boboli gardens, the Church fell in decay in the 18th Century before disappearing in the second half of the 19th Century when the area was redeveloped.
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View of the Church of Madonna della Pace, Florence
Details
Johann Blasius Santin Aichel, called Giovanni Santini (Prague 1667-1723)
View of the Church of Madonna della Pace, Florence
signed with monogram 'GS F.' (the initials interlaced) and inscribed 'Veduta della Chiesa della Pace fuori delle mura di Firenze.' and numbered '10'
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the view of the Church laid into the larger sheet
8 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (20.5 x 29.5 cm.); and three other drawings, The Piazza di San Firenze with the Bargello, the Badia Fiorentina and the Duomo beyond, Italian School, 19th Century; and A view of Florence with the river Arno, Italian School, 19th (?) Century; and A view of Florence from a hill, English School, 19th Century
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View of the Church of Madonna della Pace, Florence
signed with monogram 'GS F.' (the initials interlaced) and inscribed 'Veduta della Chiesa della Pace fuori delle mura di Firenze.' and numbered '10'
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the view of the Church laid into the larger sheet
8 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (20.5 x 29.5 cm.); and three other drawings, The Piazza di San Firenze with the Bargello, the Badia Fiorentina and the Duomo beyond, Italian School, 19th Century; and A view of Florence with the river Arno, Italian School, 19th (?) Century; and A view of Florence from a hill, English School, 19th Century
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Provenance
Loriano Bertini; Finarte, Milan, 4 December 1986, lot 219b.
Literature
I. Härth-Regaller, 'Kirche und Kloster Madonna della Pace in Florenz', in Kunst des Barock in der Toskana, Munich, 1976, p. 289-95, fig. 3.