TORNABUONI KAPELLE

 

The life of the Blessed Virgin
The scenes are on the left side of the chapel:

1. The Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple
2. The Nativity of Mary
3. Presentation of Mary at the Temple
4. The Marriage of the Virgin
5. The Annunciation (central wall, mid-left)
6. The Nativity of Christ (Adoration of the Magi)
7. The Massacre of the Innocents
8. The Death and Assumption of the Virgin (lunette)
9. The Coronation of the Virgin (lunette on central wall)


 

Scenes on the central waal of the chapel:

1. St. Dominic Tests Books in the Fire
2. The Killing of St. Peter Martyr
3. The patron Giovanni Tornabuoni
4. The patron, his wife Francesca Pitti



 

 

The life of St John the Baptist
The scenes on the right side of the chapel are:

1. The Apparition of the Angel to Zechariah
2. The Visitation
3. The Birth of the Baptist
4. Zechariah Writes His Son's Name
5. St. John in the Desert (central wall, mid-right)
6. The Preaching of the Baptist
7. The Baptism of Christ
8. Herod's Banquet (lunette)

The four Evangelists
Depicted on the vault are:

1. St. John the Evangelist
2. St. Matthew
3. St. Luke
4. St. Mark