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Castiglione Olona: a new chronology for the frescos of the Collegiata
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 696–711
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Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Stories of the Virgin Mary, St Lawrence and St Stephen, by Masolino, Vecchietta and Paolo Schiavo (attributed). c.1433–44. Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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10. Detail from St Catherine destroying the idols, by Masolino, showing the Emperor Maxentius. c.1428. Fresco. (Chapel of St Catherine, S. Clemente, Rome; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
11. Stories of St Lawrence, attributed to Paolo Schiavo (lunette) and Vecchietta (lower registers). c.1433–43 and 1442–44 respectively. Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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12. Stories of St Stephen, attributed to Paolo Schiavo (lunette and middle register) and Vecchietta (steps and lower register). c.1433–43 (lunette and middle register) and 1442–44 (steps and lower register). Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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13. Stories of St Stephen, attributed to Paolo Schiavo (lunette and middle register) and Vecchietta (stone ground and lower register). c.1433–43 (lunette and middle register) and 1442–44 (stone ground and lower register). Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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14. Trinity (lunette), attributed to Paolo Schiavo. c.1433–43. Fresco. Donors and self-portrait (lower registers), by Vecchietta. 1442–44. Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
Attributed works:
15. Stories of St Lawrence, attributed to Paolo Schiavo (lunette) and Vecchietta (lower registers). c.1433–43 and 1442–44 respectively. Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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16. Stories of the Virgin Mary, by Masolino. c.1433–44. Fresco. (Vault of the apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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17. Triptych of the Virgin and Child, St Lawrence and St Stephen, by Caronese masters. c.1432–43[?]. Stone with nineteenth-century polychromy. (Chapel of S. Clemente, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Francesco Bini).
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18. High altar of the Collegiate Church, by Ugo Zuecca. 1930. Gelatin silver print, 18 by 24 cm. (Raccolte Fotografiche del Castello Sforzesco, Civico Archivio Fotografico, Comune di Milano).
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19. Donors, by Vecchietta. c.1442–44. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martin, Palazzo Branda, Castiglione Olona; photograph Francesco Bini).
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2. Stories of St John the Baptist, by Masolino. c.1433–43. Fresco (detached). (Chapel of St John, later Baptistery, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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20. St John the Baptist in the wilderness (predella panel from the S. Lucia dei Magnoli polyptych), by Domenico Veneziano. c.1445(?). Tempera on panel, 28.4 by 31.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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21. St John in the wilderness, by Masolino. c.1433–43. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, later Baptistery, Castiglione Olona; photograph Nathaniel Silver).
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22. Lionello d’Este, by Pisanello. 1441. Tempera and mixed media on panel, 19.6 by 29.2 cm. (Pinacoteca dell’Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
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23. Detail of Scene of the Brazen Serpent, by Vecchietta and assistants, showing a head in profile. 1446–49. (Old Sacristy, Complesso Museale di S. Maria della Scala, Siena; courtesy The Frick Collection, New York).
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25. Self-portrait, by Vecchietta. 1442–44. Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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26. Man in a blue cap, by Jan van Eyck. c.1430s. Oil on panel, 22.5 by 16.6 cm. (Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu).
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3. Decoration of the Castiglioni palatine chapel, by Vecchietta. c.1442–44. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martin, Palazzo Branda, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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4. Vision of the Blessed Sorore, by Vecchietta. 1441. Fresco. (Pellegrinaio di mezzo, Complesso Museale di S. Maria della Scala, Siena; Scala Archives).
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5. Masolino’s signature in the vault of the apse of the Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona. 1433–43. (Photograph Franco Canziani).
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8. Detail from Encounter between Melchizedek and Abraham after the liberation of Lot, by Vecchietta and assistants, showing Melkizedek. 1446–49. Fresco. (Old Sacristy, Complesso Museale di S. Maria della Scala, Siena; courtesy The Frick Collection, New York).
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9. Detail from the Stoning of St Stephen, attributed to Paolo Schiavo, showing a bystander. c.1433–44. Fresco. (Apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph Franco Canziani).
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24. Chandelier. Flanders (Dinant) or Germany (Nuremberg). c.1420–40. Brass, 120 by 110 cm. (Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona).
Western art unattributed:
6. The date mccccxxx (1435) in the vault of the Baptistery, Castiglione Olona, by an anonymous restorer, c.1859–70. Medium unknown. (Photograph Franco Canziani).
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7. Graffito by an anonymous writer. 1447. Incision on fresco. (Bottom register, apse, Collegiate Church, Castiglione Olona; photograph the author).