11/09/2026
Waiting for my clients to start a tour in but lost in the beautiful frescoes of a chapel at the church of Sant'Ambrogio. The walls were decorated by Cosimo Rosselli between 1484 and 1486. On the ceiling we can admire the Four Church Fathers, while the left wall represents the scene of the faithful gathered in Piazza Sant’Ambrogio for a procession worshiping a relic.
This unique fresco gives us a unique opportunity to sneak around fifteenth-century Florence. Women gather together and they are separated from men. Look at the contemporary dresses and headgears. In the crowd we can also recognize some famous Florentines. On the left the painter himself looks at us boldly. In the group of the three men standing just to the right of the artist we can recognize Giovanni Pico della Mirandola in the middle, Angelo Poliziano on his right and (with greater doubts) Marsilio Ficino on his left. There are probably many more portraits of contemporary Florentines in the scene but we cannot recognize them anymore.
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