Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Varallo / Sacro Monte / Chapel 6

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Infancy / Nativity / Immediate family only / Joseph, Virgin and Child only

Further details

Chapel built before 1514; sculptures of Mary and Joseph are original and executed by Ferrari after 1514, possibly c.1520. The Christ child is a replacement for the stolen original executed by G. Longhetti after a model by Giuseppe Antonini in 1852. Traces of the original cinquecento frescoes remain.

Artist or creator

Ferrari, Gaudenzio (c1470-1546)
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Date

1520 (circa)

Location

Varallo, Sacro Monte (Chapel 6)

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Elena De Filippis, Sacro Monte di Varallo (Borgosesia: Tipolitografia, 2009); Stefania Stefani Perrone, Guida al Sacro Monte di Varallo (Turin: Kosmos, 1995).

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Web resources

Sacro Monte di Varallo (with article by Casimiro Debiaggi), in Italian.

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Acknowledgements

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

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