Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Crea (Serralungha di Crea) / Sacro Monte / Chapel 5

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Virgin Mary / Life of the Virgin / Cycles / Sculptures / Sacro Monte di Crea
Virgin Mary / Life of the Virgin / Birth of the Virgin / Virgin held by nurse

Further details

Detail of Chapel 5, built 1590. Sculptures executed by Melchiorre d’Enrico, Michele Prestinari and his son Cristoforo. Frescoes attributed to Giorgio Alberini, late 16th C. New frescoes in the upper cupola by Giovanni Antonio Veglia di Asti, 1681-87.

Artist or creator

d'Enrico, Melchiorre (c1573-1642) and
Alberini, Giorgio (born 1576)

Date

1590 (circa) - 1680s

Location

Crea (Serralungha di Crea), Sacro Monte (Chapel 5)

Associated persons

Christina Roaf (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Amilcare Barbaro and Carlenrica Spantigati, Sacro Monte di Crea (Alessandria: Cassa di risparmio di Alessandria, 1998); Francesco Negri, Santuario di Crea: arte e storia nel Monferrato (Casale Monferrato: Editrice il Portico, 1980).

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Web resources

Sacro Monte di Crea, in Italian

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Acknowledgements

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

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