Santa Maria del Carmine is a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

-style, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

, region of Tuscany, Italy.

History

In 1291, construction of a church and adjacent convent were completed. In the 16th century, the church was remodelled and enlarged under the designs of Antonio Arrighi, and now housing

Carmelite , image = , caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites , abbreviation = OCarm , formation = Late 12th century , founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel , founding_location = Mount Car ...

friars from Mantua. That church was consecrated in 1565. In 1741, a further refurbishment took place, granting the church its present late Baroque structure and decoration. In the early 19th century, the by-then suppressed convent and church were granted by the Napoleonic government to the local Pistoian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts. In the 21st century, the church underwent renewed restructuring The society maintained the church and its decorations. A survey of the church in 1821 described the following works:Guida di Pistoia per'gli amanti delle Belle Arti
by Francesco Tolomei, Pistoia (1821): pages 80-81. *''St Teresa of Avila'' by Ignazio Hugford for the altar of the Desideri family *''Virgin of the Carmine'' by

Pietro Marchesini Pietro Marchesini (April 7, 1692 - October 24, 1757) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Tuscany. Biography He was born in Pistoia. He was patronized by Lorenzo Maria Gianni, and studied with Anton Domenico Gabbiani in Flor ...

for the altar of the Chiappelli family. *''Fall of Manna in Desert'' by Cigoli for the main Altar *''Faith and Hope'' (frescoes above the Cigoli altarpiece) were by

Vincenzo Meucci Vincenzo Meucci (1694–1766) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. He was patronized by the Marchese Giova ...

*''Choir frescoes with medallions'' by

Tommaso Gherardini Tommaso Gherardini (December 21, 1715 - 1797) was an Italian painter, mainly of Rococo fresco decorations. Biography He was born in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci. He also traveled to Bologna and Venice to study at the respe ...

*''Medallions'' by Gherardini and Meucci *''Enthroned Madonna, Jesus, St Niccolò, and other Saints'' by

Leonardo Malatesta Leonardo da Pistoia, also known as Leonardo Grazia, (1502 – ca. 1548) was an Italian painter of the Mannerism school. Biography Da Pistoia was born in the city of Pistoia, Tuscany, and died in Naples. According to Benezit, he is often confuse ...

for the altar of the Conversini family

References

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