Sindonic images - Fresco Christ of Sorrow

Author: Giacomo Jaquerio
Subject: Fresco
Theme: Christ of Sorrow
Chronology: 1406 -1410
Material and technique: Fresco
Location: Church of the Preceptory of Saint Anthony of Ranverso - Buttigliera Alta/Rosta

Brief description:
The figure of the Christ of Sorrow is depicted on the southern wall of the presbytery of the abbey church of St. Anthony of Ranverso. Placed below an arcosolium, the figure is positioned in the center of the lower portion of the wall, which, in its upper part, hosts the depiction of the stories of the life of St. Anthony the Abbot. The dead Christ, portrayed in the act of emerging from the tomb, has a gaunt body marked by torment.
Around Christ's tomb are depicted the instruments of the Passion. The devotional image may have been accompanied by an inscribed prayer or intended as a funerary image for a parietal tomb.

Historical-critical notes:
Giacomo Jaquerio, considered among the major exponents of the international Gothic in Piedmont, was a Turin painter in the service of the Acaja court and subsequently of Amadeus VIII; he is documented between 1403 and 1453, the year of his death. In Ranverso, in addition to the famous frescoes of the presbytery, he executed the large fresco cycle of the ascent to Calvary depicted in the sacristy.

Essential bibliography:
Aa.Vv., The Shroud from this side of the mountains – documents and testimonies, Turin 1978.

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The Precettoria di Sant'Antonio di Ranverso is open to visitors from Wednesday to Sunday from 9 AM to 12:30 PM (last entry at 12 PM) and from 1:30 PM to 5 PM (last entry at 4:30 PM).
Guided tours in Italian are also organized at the following times: every day at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM.

Reservation preferred at 011/9367450.

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Preceptory of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso

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