The Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova (St Anthony of Padua) is a small church on Via Tommaso Pendola (formerly Via delle Murella) in Siena, Italy. The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella. Siena also has a separate church of Sant'Antonio da Padova located elsewhere in the city in the Contrada della Civetta.
In the second half of the 17th century, inhabitants of this neighborhood, many of them sculptors and masons acquired property from the brothers of the Augustinian Order. Using a
Baroque
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design by Jacomo Franchini. Construction began in 1682 and the church was completed in 1685; while Giovanni Antonio
Mazzuoli Mazzuoli may refer to:
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The interior includes four oval paintings by members of the
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* Mazzuoli (family) The Mazzuoli family of Umbria and Tuscany, included many artists:Nasini family:
* ''St Jerome and the Angel'' (1685) attributed to Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (1685).
* ''St Ansano baptizes first Christians of Siena'' (1686-1689) by
Annibale Mazzuoli
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* ''Martyrdom of St Bartholemew'' (1686) by Antonio Nasini.
* ''St Sebastian healed by St Irene'' (1686) by Annibale Mazzuoli.
The main altarpiece depicts the legendary miracle when ''St Anthony of Padua restores an amputated leg'' (''Guarigione della gamba staccata''). The miracle is also depicted on the floor in the work in inlaid marble mosaics (1891) by
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Also present in the church are a ''St Anthony preaches to Fishes'' (1697), by
Annibale Mazzuoli
Annibale Mazzuoli (Siena, 1658 – Rome, 17 December 1743) was an Italian painter.
He was born to a pedigree of artists. His father was the architect Dionisio. His brothers include sculptors Giuseppe Mazzuoli and Antonio Giovanni; architect F ...
; a stucco bas-relief or the ''Virgin offers her baby Jesus to St Antonio'', by
Giovanni Antonio Mazzuoli Giovanni may refer to:
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(1685); a wooden altarpiece with ''Scenes in the Life of St Anthony'', by Antonio Manetti and
Angelo Barbetti
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(1831-1832); a ''Madonna and Child'', by
Francesco Mazzuoli
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