Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Orta / Sacro Monte / Chapel 9

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Francis of Assisi (OFM) / Life / Francis receives more penitents of both sexes, including St Clare, into his order (Legenda maior, IV, 6)

Further details

Detail of Chapel 9. Sculptures are by Giovanni d'Enrico and a collaboration, Giacomo Ferro c. 1640; later sculptures are added after 1661 by Dionigi Bussola; frescoes remain unattributed but have been linked to the Nuvolone brothers or Cristoforo Martinoli (il Rocca).

Artist or creator

d'Enrico, Giovanni (1559-1644) and
Bussola, Dionigi (1615-1687)

Date

1630s - 1661 (circa)

Location

Orta, Sacro Monte (Chapel 9)

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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