Bussola, Dionigi (1615-1687) - 1640 (circa) | The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

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Further details

Detail of Chapel 10. The chapel was built and decorated c.1640-c.1665. Sculptures attributed to Dionigi Bussola; frescoes completed 1660-65 by the Nuvolone brothers (Carlo Francesco and Giuseppe).

Artist or creator

Bussola, Dionigi (1615-1687) and
Nuvolone, Carlo Francesco (1609-1662)

Date

1640 (circa) - 1665 (circa)

Location

Orta, Sacro Monte (Chapel 10)

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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