Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Orta / Sacro Monte / Chapel 12

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Francis of Assisi (OFM) / Life / Christ dictates the rules to Francis

Further details

Detail of Chapel 12. The Chapel was one of the first at the Sacro Monte. It was finished by 1597 and restored with classical porch in 1619. Sculptures by Prestinari; original frescoes have been lost. Extant frescoes by Cantalupi (c.1772).

Artist or creator

Prestinari, Cristoforo (c1570-1623) and
Cantalupi, Giovanni Battista (1732-1780)

Date

1590 (circa) - 1772 (circa)

Location

Orta, Sacro Monte (Chapel 12)

Associated persons

Christina Roaf (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Elena De Filippis and Fiorella Mattioli Carcano, Guida al Sacro Monte di Orta (Novara: Riserva Naturale Speciale del Sacro Monte di Orta, 1991).

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Acknowledgements

Image digitised with the generous support of the Roaf and Demuth families.

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