Navicella

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Navicella (copy)

The Navicella (Italian, little ship ) by Giotto is a representation of the little ship Petri , which has adorned the facade of the old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome (the predecessor of today 's St. Peter's Basilica ) since 1298 . The mosaic is considered to be one of Giotto's most famous works. It was removed from its original location during the rebuilding of the basilica, which began in the 16th century under Pope Julius II . After the work had been relocated several times in the following years, it was finally so badly damaged in a storm in 1606 that restoration was impossible. In 1674 Pope Clement X commissioned the mosaic artist Orazio Manenti to recreate the Navicella in St. Peter's Basilica. Manenti made use of the then contemporary baroque style and merely adopted the original pictorial program with the ship of the apostles on the Sea of ​​Galilee and Peter, who threatens to sink when attempting to meet Jesus. The mosaic is still located above the central portal of the portico to this day .

Another Navicella stands in Rome in front of the Church of Santa Maria in Domnica on the Piazza della Navicella as the center piece of the fountain commissioned by Pope Leo X , the "Fontana della Navicella": a marble ship based on a lost ancient original.

literature

  • Werner Körte : Giotto's “Navicella” . In: Festschrift Wilhelm Pinder for his 60th birthday . Leipzig 1938, pp. 223-263.
  • Helmtrud Köhren-Jansen: Giottos Navicella. Image tradition, interpretation, history of reception (= Roman studies of the Bibliotheca Hertziana 8). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-103-3 (also dissertation University of Cologne 1992).

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