What is the Brancacci Chapel known for?

The Brancacci Chapel is known for its frescoes, including *Expulsion from the Garden of Eden* by Masaccio and *Temptation of Adam and Eve* by Masolino, which are considered masterpieces of early Renaissance art.

Who commissioned the frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel?

The frescoes were commissioned by the Brancacci family, a prominent Florentine family.

What are the key frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel?

The key frescoes include *Expulsion from the Garden of Eden* by Masaccio (1424) and *Temptation of Adam and Eve* by Masolino (1424–1425).

Is the Brancacci Chapel open to the public?

Yes, the Brancacci Chapel is open to the public and is part of the Civic Museums of Florence. Visitors can view the frescoes and other historical artifacts.

What is the historical significance of the Brancacci Chapel?

The Brancacci Chapel is historically significant as a center of early Renaissance art, featuring works by Masaccio and Masolino, which influenced later artistic movements.

How can I visit the Brancacci Chapel?

Visitors can contact the Civic Museums of Florence or check the official website for hours, ticketing, and access information.

Brancacci Chapel

Q: Where is the Brancacci Chapel located?

The Brancacci Chapel is located within the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, Italy, at Piazza del Carmine 14, 50124 Florence.

chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, Italy

Organization chapel Q1996075

Facts

32 properties

Identity

Instance of: chapel, museum, religious museum, art museum, museum of a public entity^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Official website: museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it, cultura.comune.fi.it^[20]^[21]
Native label: Cappella Brancacci

Status and dates

Inception: 1424, 1990^[16]^[17]

Location

Country: Italy^[5]
Location: Oltrarno^[13]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 43.768°, 11.244°, 🗺️ 43.768°, 11.244°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florence^[4]
Postal code: 50124^[14]
Street address: Via del Carmine - Firenze, Piazza del Carmine 14, Piazza Del Carmine 14, 50124 Firenze

Financials

Employees: 1 (1–6, n=4)^[27]^[28]^[29]

Relations

Part of: Santa Maria del Carmine^[15]
Member of: Sistema Musei Civici Fiorentini^[2]

More facts +19

Religion or worldview: Catholicism^[3]
Area: +2400, +700
Christian liturgical rite: Roman Rite
Collection or exhibition size: +50, +50
Commissioned by: Felice Brancacci^[10]
Described by source: The Problem of the Brancacci Chapel Historically Considered
Diocese: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence^[18]
Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible
Fax number: +39-055-284487
Has facility: book vendor, archive building, photo archive, library^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]
Heritage designation: Italian national heritage
Main subject: medieval art^[26]
Movement: Early Renaissance^[11]
Name: Chapelle des Brancacci, chapelle de Masaccio, chapelle Brancacci, chapelle des Brancacci, chapel of the Brancacci family
Named after: Felice Brancacci^[12]
Phone number: +39-055-238219, +39-055-238-2195^[35]^[36]
Significant event: construction^[19]
Visitors per year: 19k (16k–82k, n=5)^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]
Wi-Fi access: no

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 28

ISNI: 0000000122584850
VIAF cluster ID: 200148996001259752291
Library of Congress authority ID: n90618890
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Cappella brancacci 03.JPG ↗
BIBSYS ID: 90684542
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12216604g
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11108106
DBUnico MIBACT ID: 102938
Described at URL: www.spiegel.de, web.archive.org, cultura.comune.fi.it, www.friendsofflorence.org
Email address: mailto:gestione.musei@comune.fi.it
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Chapel-of-Brancacci
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: fresques-de-la-chapelle-brancacci-masaccio

Show all 28 identifiers +16

Florentine musea catalogue ID: 00281111, 00284119
Freebase ID: /m/0b_3w6
Kulturenvanteri monument ID: 343024
Linked Open Data Comune Firenze ID: museum/2143a589441189922f8ff04689780c7f
Museo Italia ID: cappella-brancacci
NL CR AUT ID: xx0157313
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001162959
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007601882305171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000224358
OpenStreetMap node ID: 4653668717
Sotheby's Museum Network ID: cappella-brancacci
Topic's main category: Category:Brancacci Chapel
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 494/19673
Wiki Loves Monuments ID: 09D6120207
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 15230676-n
Yale LUX ID: group/eeed32d4-38cb-46ff-8cee-6224fc8736d4

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🔗 Connections

Located in this place 5

Coin in the fish's mouth, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Baptism of the Neophytes, Liberation of Saint Peter, Temptation of Adam and Eve

Instance of 3

museum, chapel, art museum

Has facility 2

library, book vendor

Has these parts 2

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Temptation of Adam and Eve

Belongs to 1

Santa Maria del Carmine

Christian liturgical rite 1

Roman Rite

Country 1

Italy

Diocese 1

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Florence

Location 1

Oltrarno

Main subject 1

medieval art

Movement 1

Early Renaissance

Part of 1

Santa Maria del Carmine

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Wi-Fi access 1

← Has works in the collection 1

Filippino Lippi

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Summary

Brancacci Chapel is a chapel^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[5] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — country (P17): Italy. catalogo.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — instance of (P31): museum. Sistema Cultura. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — instance of (P31): religious museum. ISTAT 2020 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — instance of (P31): art museum. ISTAT 2011 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — instance of (P31): museum of a public entity. ISTAT 2022 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — commissioned by (P88): Felice Brancacci. museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it. museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Florence. ISTAT 2020 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — movement (P135): Early Renaissance. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — named after (P138): Felice Brancacci. museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it. museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — religion or worldview (P140): Catholicism. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — location (P276): Oltrarno. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — postal code (P281): 50124. Sistema Cultura. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — part of (P361): Santa Maria del Carmine. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — member of (P463): Sistema Musei Civici Fiorentini. Sistema Cultura. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — inception (P571): 1424. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — inception (P571): 1990. Sistema Cultura. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — diocese (P708): Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — significant event (P793): construction. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — official website (P856): http://museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it/en/brancacci/. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — official website (P856): https://cultura.comune.fi.it/pagina/musei-civici-fiorentini/cappella-brancacci-santa-maria-del-carmine. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — has facility (P912): bookstore. ISTAT 2018 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — has facility (P912): archive building. ISTAT 2011 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — has facility (P912): photo archive. ISTAT 2011 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — has facility (P912): library. ISTAT 2011 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — main subject (P921): medieval art. Sistema Cultura. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — employees (P1128): 6. ISTAT 2019 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — employees (P1128): 4. ISTAT 2011 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — employees (P1128): 1. ISTAT 2015 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 16,258. ISTAT 2020 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 73,069. ISTAT 2019 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 82,202. ISTAT 2018 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 27,296. ISTAT 2021 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 18,905. ISTAT 2022 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — phone number (P1329): +39-055-238219. catalogo.beniculturali.it. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Brancacci Chapel — phone number (P1329): +39-055-238-2195. Sistema Cultura. Retrieved 2020-01-31. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Brancacci Chapel is an instance of chapel (Q108325) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Coordinate location → {'lat': 43.768448, 'lon': 11.24403}, {'lat': 43.7677682, 'lon': 11.24370253}

Commissioned by → Felice Brancacci

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