Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Varallo / Sacro Monte / Chapel 5

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Infancy / Adoration of the Magi / With attendants / Black Magus / Without ox and ass / Without angels

Further details

Detail of Chapel 5. Construction began c.1516-1519; decoration completed in the 1520s. Sculptures and frescoes by Gaudenzio Ferrari and his studio. Ferrari may have been assisted by his son Gerolamo, Fermo Stello da Caravaggio, and perhaps also Giuseppe Giovenone.

Artist or creator

Ferrari, Gaudenzio (c1470-1546) (and workshop)
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Date

1516 (circa) - 1520s

Location

Varallo, Sacro Monte (Chapel 5)

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 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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