# Sant'Eustorgio: Interior of the Cappella Portinari [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Italian]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Pigallo Portinari was the branch manager of the Medici Bank in Milan. He supervised the construction of a burial chapel for his family at the church of Sant'Eustorgio. Its Florentine and specifically Medici-associated patronage is evident in its plan and elevation, which consciously recall the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/brunelle/sacristy.html'\)" HREF="/html/b/brunelle/sacristy.html">Old Sacristy at San Lorenzo</A> in Florence. However, there are significant alterations to both the proportions and the decoration. The interior spaces are defined by architectural orders, pilasters, architraves, mouldings, pendentives and a ribbed dome with all the details picked out in grey stone that contrasts with the flat plaster surfaces. These architectonic features are in places richly ornamented with formal motifs in relief. A number of the surfaces have been painted in fresco in the Lombard manner <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/f/foppa/miracle.html'\)" href="/html/f/foppa/miracle.html">by Vincenzo Foppa.</a> View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/zzzarchi/15c/3/portinari.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">section</a> of Cappella Portinari. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Apse of a basilica]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Basilica di Sant'Antonio: Chiostro del Noviziato]() - [Basilica Santi Nereo e Achilleo]() - [Ca' Foscari: Façade]() - [Chamber of the millers]() - [Chiesa dell'Incoronata: Interior of the dome]() - [Cloister gallery]() - [Detail of the façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()