Via Maestra 19, 10050 Novalesa
Author: Unknown
Object: Painting
Subject: The Court of Vittorio Amedeo II in front of the Shroud
Chronology: Last quarter of the 17th century
Material and technique: Tempera on canvas
Location: Museum of Alpine Religious Art in Novalesa
Brief description:
Vittorio Amedeo II, still a child (1666-1732), is depicted in front of the Holy Shroud, surrounded by members of the court and some clerics and cardinals. The cardinal figures hold up the cloth with the figure of Christ while the other figures, child Vittorio Amedeo and other members of the court, stand in the background holding votive candles or processional crosses. All the characters are represented under a large red canopy that offers shelter to the court and the scene and bears the cross of the Mauritian order on its front.
Essential bibliography:
Aa.Vv., The Shroud from this side of the mountains – documents and testimonies, Turin 1978.
