Belle Madonna couronnée aux yeux bleus avec de longs cheveux dorés ou auburn regarde le Christ enfant en haled : Fresque Renaissance restaurée mais fragmentaire, peinte en 1512, sur le front ouest de l'ancienne Cappella di San Grato (Chapelle de St Gratus) dans la via Jean-Baptiste de Tillier à Aoste, capitale régionale de la Valle d'Aoste, dans le nord-ouest de l'Italie.
3940 x 2638 px | 33,4 x 22,3 cm | 13,1 x 8,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
24 août 2007
Lieu:
Cappella di San Grato, Via Jean-Baptiste De Tillier, Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
Informations supplémentaires:
Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.
Aosta, Valle d’Aosta, Italy: a beautiful, blue-eyed Virgin Mary with long auburn or golden hair and wearing a golden crown, gazes fondly at the haloed Christ Child in this Renaissance fragmentary Madonna Enthroned with Child fresco painted in 1512 on the west front of the former Cappella di San Grato or Chapel of St Gratus in the historic heart of Aosta, regional capital of Italy’s northwestern Valle d’Aosta. The poignant artwork is weathered, faded, and has suffered significant paint loss but, with other paintings on the facade, has survived the chapel being deconsecrated and then turned into a store shed for local firemen, before becoming a tailor’s shop. It appears to have suffered the most damage when the chapel entrance was widened to allow the passage of fire pumps. The Madonna and Child are flanked on her right by depictions of saints Catherine of Alexandria and Nicholas of Bari, and on her left by female saints Barbara and Margherita or Margaret of Cortona. A panel aded later to the facade features St Gratus holding the head of St John the Baptist, intent on preventing a hailstorm and driving away two small demons. The 13th century chapel, in Via Jean-Baptiste De Tillier, was closed for worship in the 1700s and sold in 1781 to the Aosta fire brigade, which used it to store tools used in emergencies. In the 1800s, the building was occupied by a tailor, who had a shop window against the facade. The frescoes inside and out were plastered over, but were uncovered and restored in the 1990s. The former chapel has been owned since 1998 by the Municipality of Aosta and is used to host temporary exhibitions. D0755.A9028
