The oldest art work demonstrating the tie between the church of the Servites and the Virgin Mary is the Virgin and Child known as the Bordone Madonna (now in the second chapel on the right) painted by the Florentine artist Coppo di Marcovaldo in 1261. Coppo was taken prisoner at the Battle of Montaperti on 4 September 1260, won by the Sienese against the Florentines. On the eve of battle, the men . . .