Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Varallo / Sacro Monte / Chapel 32

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Passion / Trial of Christ / Christ before Pilate / Led into the Praetorium, with the Jews waiting outside (Jn. 18:29)

Further details

Detail of Chapel 32 showing Christ. The construction of this chapel c. 1628 incorporated 3 older sculptures including Ferrari’s Christ with other sculptures executed by Giovanni d'Enrico. Frescoes by Gianoli. Stefani Perrone dates the frescoes c.1670. De Filippis dates frescoes to 1657.

Artist or creator

Ferrari, Gaudenzio (c1470-1546) and
Gianoli, Pier Francesco (di Campertogno) (1642-1692)

Date

16th century (early) - 1657 (circa)

Location

Varallo, Sacro Monte (Chapel 32)

Associated persons

Christina Roaf (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Elena De Filippis, Sacro Monte of 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 additional comments from 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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