Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista Organ Case

Last updated
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista Organ Case (c. 1535) by Moretto da Brescia Ante dell'organo della chiesa di San Giovanni (Brescia)1.jpg
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista Organ Case (c. 1535) by Moretto da Brescia

Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista Organ Case is a set of four tempera on canvas paintings produced by Moretto da Brescia, c. 1535. The inner sides show stories from the life of John the Baptist and scenes from the life of John the Evangelist. They now hang on the walls of the chancel of the church for which they were painted, San Giovanni Evangelista in Brescia. [1]

The only source for their original site is Bernardino Faino in 1630 who mentions the doors "of the outside and of the inside in the hand of Moretto" [2] At the end of the 17th century, Francesco Paglia describes them as removed from the organ and hanging on the walls of the chancel, from which he hypothesizes that the two saints John were originally the covers for the high altar, also by Moretto. [3]

Related Research Articles

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Brescia

The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Brescia is located on at the west end of Via Elia Capriolo, where it intersects with the Via delle Grazie. Built in the 16th century and remodeled in the 17th century, it still retains much of its artwork by major regional artists, including one of its three canvases by Moretto. The other two are now held at the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo. The interior is richely decorated in Baroque fashion. Adjacent to the church is the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, a neo-gothic work.

The Caprioli Adoration is a relief in marble by Gasparo Cairano, dated between 1495 and 1500, placed in the Church of St Francis of Assisi in Brescia as a frontal for the high altar.

<i>Supper at Emmaus</i> (Moretto) c. 1526 painting by Moretto da Brescia

Supper at Emmaus is a oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, executed c. 1526, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia. It was originally painted for the Church of San Luca in the city, where it was first recorded in 1630 by Bernardino Faino, who saw it in the San Sebastiano chapel.

<i>Christ and the Angel</i> Painting by Moretto da Brescia

Christ and the Angel is a oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, executed c. 1550, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia. In 1630 Bernardino Faino recorded it "in the Capella della Santissima Croce d'oro et fiamma" in Brescia's Old Cathedral. It was restored in 1914 and 1935.

<i>Assumption of the Virgin</i> (Moretto) C.1526 painting by Moretto da Brescia

Assumption of the Virgin is a 1524-1526 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, displayed as the high altarpiece in the Old Cathedral in Brescia.

<i>Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Nazarius and Celsus</i> Painting by Moretto da Brescia

Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Nazarius and Celsus is a 1540 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia in the church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Brescia. As its title suggests, it shows Nazarius and Celsus, patron saints of the church.

<i>Christ with Moses and Solomon</i> C. 1542 painting by Moretto da Brescia

Christ with Moses and Solomon is a 1541-1542 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, displayed on the altar of the Most Holy Sacrament in the collegiate church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Brescia, the artist's home town. It has been the altarpiece for that altar throughout the historical record, from Bernardino Faino's mention of it in 1630 to the present day.

<i>Madonna and Child with Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian</i> (Moretto) c. 1528 painting by Moretto da Brescia

Madonna and Child with Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian is a oil on canvas painting on one of the side altars of the church of Sant'Andrea in Pralboino, Province of Brescia, Italy. It was executed c. 1528. It was originally painted for the church of San Rocco in the town, where it was seen by Francesco Paglia in 1660. There is then no further mention of it in the written record until the 19th century, in studies by Carl Ransonnet in 1845 and by Stefano Fenaroli in 1875, which state it was by then in the church of Sant'Andrea - it had probably moved between 1782 and 1790 when the parish church was rebuilt in its present form.

<i>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</i> (Moretto) Painting by Moretto da Brescia

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, executed c. 1522, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. It arrived in its collection in exchange for two paintings sent to the Tempio Canoviano in Possagno. It is one of the most notable works of the artist's youth. Its original location is unknown as the first confirmed written record of the work dates to the 19th century. It was probably the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel's altar in Santa Maria del Carmine church in Brescia - a reference to a "large canvas ... something of a large study in the hand of Moretto" in Faino's 1630 guide to Brescian art may be the work in question.

<i>Orzinuovi Altarpiece</i> 1528 painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Orzinuovi Altarpiece or Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints Dominic, Joseph, Vincent Ferrer, Lucy and a Commissioner is a 1525–1530 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia on the wall of the chancel of the church of San Domenico in Orzinuovi.

<i>Pralboino Altarpiece</i> C. 1540 painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Pralboino Altarpiece is a 1540-1545 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia in the church of Sant'Andrea in Pralboino, Province of Brescia, Italy. The work's upper register shows the Madonna and Child with Francis of Assisi and Saint Joseph, whilst below are saints Jerome, Louis of Toulouse, Anthony of Padua, Clare of Assisi and the painting's commissioner, cardinal Uberto Gambara, member of a local family. It was originally in the same town's Franciscan church of Santa Maria degli Angeli.

<i>SantEufemia Altarpiece</i> c. 1530 painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Sant'Eufemia Altarpiece is a 1526-1530 oil on panel painting by Moretto da Brescia, originally on the high altar of Sant'Afra in Brescia and now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in the town. The Sant'Afra Reliquary was also based on the painting. The painting's lower register shows saints Benedict of Nursia, Euphemia, Justina and Paterius.

<i>Luzzago Altarpiece</i> 1542 painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Luzzago Altarpiece is a 1542 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia. It was recorded in San Giuseppe church in Brescia in 1630 and moved to its present home in 1868. In the lower register Michael the Archangel points the kneeling donor to the Madonna and Child above, whilst Francis of Assisi stands to the right with a cross.

<i>Rovelli Altarpiece</i> 1539 painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Rovelli Altarpiece is a 1539 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, which since 1899 has been in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia, Italy. Strongly influenced by Titian, it is named after the schoolmaster Galeazzo Rovelli who commissioned it for the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Brescia in 1539, where it remained until being removed in the 19th century and replaced by a copy. Its composition was reused by Moroni in his Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine in the 1560s.

<i>St Antony the Abbot</i> (painting) C. 1530 painting by Moretto da Brescia

St Antony the Abbot is a 1530-1534 oil on canvas painting of Antony the Great by Moretto da Brescia on display on one of the side-altars in the Santuario della Madonna della Neve in Auro, Casto, Province of Brescia, Italy.

<i>St Anthony of Padua with Two Saints</i> c. 1530 painting by Moretto da Brescia

St Anthony of Padua with Two Saints is a c.1530 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia. The other two saints shown are Antony the Great and Nicholas of Tolentino.

<i>St Margaret of Antioch with Two Saints</i> 1530 painting by Moretto da Brescia

St Margaret of Antioch with Two Saints is a 1530 oil on panel painting by Moretto da Brescia on display on the side-altar of St Jerome in the church of San Francesco in Brescia. To the left of Margaret of Antioch is shown Saint Jerome, whilst to the right is Francis of Assisi.

<i>The Dead Christ Adored by Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy</i> C. 1520 painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Dead Christ Adored by Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy or Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy Adoring Christ in the Tomb is a 1520-1521 tempera verniciata on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia. It is on show above the left-hand side door to the church of Santa Maria in Calchera in Brescia, though it is not thought to have originally been produced for that church as neither Jerome nor Dorothy had an active cult in that parish and they rarely appear in art together.

<i>Holy Cross Standard</i> Painting by Moretto da Brescia

The Holy Cross Standard is a 1520-1521 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, commissioned by the Brescia's city council for the Company of the Guardians of the Holy Cross, guardians of the Sante Croci treasury at the city's Old Cathedral. It is now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in the city.

<i>Massacre of the Innocents</i> (Moretto) Painting by Moretto da Brescia

Massacre of the Innocents is a oil painting by Moretto da Brescia, executed in 1531-1532, originally painted on panel but later transferred to canvas. It is on display on a side altar in San Giovanni Evangelista church in Brescia.

References

  1. Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988, p 300
  2. (in Italian) Bernardino Faino, Catalogo Delle Chiese riuerite in Brescia, et delle Pitture et Scolture memorabili, che si uedono in esse in questi tempi, Brescia 1630, page 60
  3. (in Italian) Francesco Paglia, Il Giardino della Pittura, Brescia 1660, p 186-187