Description: ----Oct55-150Dimensions : The sheet: 44 cm by 30 cm.Original engraving, etching from the 18th century, called "optical view", circa 1760, on laid and watermarked paper.Watercolor color highlights.Dirt and foxing, and small cuts and losses on the edges of the sheet.In transparency:Fast and careful shipping.The hospital was founded in 1288 by Folco Portinari1, the father of Dante's beloved Beatrice who persuaded "Monna Tessa", the matriarch of the family, to build it. His remains are buried under the tombstone, still visible in the hospital's "cloister of bones".This institution, which is one of the oldest and most important of Florentine well-being, has become very rich and powerful over the centuries, thanks to numerous donations and legacies. The hospital also has a rich artistic heritage due to the profusion of decorations made over the centuries by some of the best Florentine artists.The needs of the hospital did not allow the in situ conservation of the artistic works and many masterpieces were transferred to nearby museums: Spedale degli Innocenti and the National Museum of San Marco.The hospital, which has been divided into two areas, "women's sector" and "men's sector", can accommodate around two hundred patients.WorksIn the administrative rooms (the Hall of the Presidency and the Hall of Martin V), which are accessed via the grand staircase of the former Cloister of Bones, detached frescoes and other works from the façade of the Church of Sant'Egidio, the hospital and other convents are preserved: Crucifixion and saints, Andrea del Castagno (1440-1444), from the small cloister of the convent of Saint Mary of the Angels, Florence. The Coronation of the Virgin, terracotta group attributed to Dello di Niccolò Delli (Quattrocento), from the tympanum of the portal of the Sant'Egidio church. Consecration of the new Sant'Egidio church by Pope Martino V, fresco with synopsisThe hospital was founded in 1288 by Folco Portinari1, the father of Dante's beloved Beatrice who persuaded "Monna Tessa", the matriarch of the family, to build it. His remains are buried under the tombstone, still visible in the hospital's "cloister of bones". This institution, which is one of the oldest and most important of Florentine well-being, has become very rich and powerful over the centuries, thanks to numerous donations and legacies. The hospital also has a rich artistic heritage due to the profusion of decorations made over the centuries by some of the best Florentine artists. In the administrative rooms (the Hall of the Presidency and the Hall of Martin V), which are accessed via the grand staircase of the former Cloister of Bones, detached frescoes and other works from the faç
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