ART - Florence, ITALY - Execution of Savonarola & Companions - Unknown Artist

Description: ART - Florence, ITALY - Execution of Savonarola & Companions - Unknown Artist: Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican friar and puritan fanatic, became moral dictator of the city of Florence when the Medici were temporarily driven out in 1494. Sent to Florence originally a dozen years before, he made a reputation for austerity and learning, and became prior of the convent of St Mark (where his rooms can still be seen). A visionary, prophet and formidably effective hellfire preacher, obsessed with human wickedness and convinced that the wrath of God was about to fall upon the earth, he detested practically every form of pleasure and relaxation. In the famous ‘bonfire of the vanities’ in 1497 he had gaming tables and packs of cards, carnival masks, mirrors, ornaments, nude statues and supposedly indecent books and pictures burned in the street. The friar also disapproved of profiteering financiers and businessmen. Not surprisingly, Savonarola made many powerful enemies. Among them was the Borgia pope, Alexander VI, who had good reason to feel uncomfortable with the Dominican’s denunciation of the laxity and luxury of the Church and its leaders, and who eventually excommunicated the rigorous friar. On Palm Sunday in 1498 St Mark’s was attacked by a screaming mob and Savonarola was arrested by the Florentine authorities with two friars who were among his most ardent followers, Fra Dominico and Fra Salvestro. All three were cruelly tortured before being condemned as heretics and handed over to the secular arm by two papal commissioners, who came hotfoot from Rome for the purpose on 19 May. ‘We shall have a fine bonfire,’ the senior commissioner remarked genially on arrival, ‘for I have the sentence of condemnation with me.’ The work by an unknown XVI Century artist is in the Museum of San Marco in Florence. This Undivided Back Era (1901-07) postcard is in good condition. G. Modiano & Co. Milano.

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 14 Days

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Unit of Sale: Single Unit

Artist: Unknown

Featured Person: Savonarola, Pope Alexander VI, Girolamo Savonarola

Occasion: Sayings & Quotes

Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)

Material: Paper

City: Florence

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Brand/Publisher: G. Modiano & Co.

Subject: Execution of Savonarola & Companions

Continent: Europe

Type: Printed (Lithograph)

Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)

Theme: "Barnfire of the Vanities", Aerial View, Architecture, Art, Cities & Towns, Dominican, Famous Places, Historical Figures, Landscapes, Museum of San Marco, Religious, Roman Catholic

Country: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Features: Panoramic

Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919

Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy

Postage Condition: Unposted