The Ascent to Calvary
The Ascent to Calvary
church
Abbeys and monasteries
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Fresco cycles
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Sacred art
On the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Jaquerio, the Preceptory of Sant’Antonio di Ranverso offers a special immersive visit into the life of one of the greatest exponents of the international Gothic of Piedmont who left his signature and his greatest masterpiece in Ranverso.
Born in 1375 in Turin to a family with a long tradition in the practice of painting, he lived the first part of his life constantly moving between Turin, Geneva, Thonon-les-Bains and other places beyond the Alps, working in the service of Amadeus VIII of Savoy and receiving commissions from religious institutions and important noble families. From 1429 onwards he lived permanently in Turin. Only a few works of his vast production are documented. The first certain document relating to Jaquerio is his signature, discovered only in 1914 on the frescoes of the Abbey of Sant’Antonio di Ranverso, dating back to around 1410, a period in which the artist must have already been at the head of a large workshop. The Ascent to Calvary is his masterpiece characterized by markedly realistic tones of cruelty and pain that make it a pictorial piece of great dramatic tension.
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