Master of Cercenasco

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Master of Cercenasco: Fresco of the life of Mary (detail), Piedmont, around 1490

An Italian painter of the early Renaissance in Italy is called the Master of Cercenasco ( Italian Maestro di Cercenasco) .

The artist, who is not known by name, received his emergency name from the frescoes he painted around 1490 in the Cappella di Sant'Anna in Cercenasco in Piedmont . These show scenes from the life of Mary . The frescoes are considered by art historians to be one of the most important examples of painting in Piedmont in the 15th century and an art treasure of the region.

literature

  • Giovanni Romano: Il Maestro di Cercenasco . In: Per Maria Cionini Visani. Scritti di amici. Turin 1977, pp. 38-40.
  • Viviana Moretti: Il Maestro di Cercenasco. In: Bollettino della Società Piemontese di Archeologia e Belle Arti NS 59/60, 2008/09 (2010), pp. 63-99.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marina Paglieri: A Cercenasco rischia di sparire un tesoro d 'arte del Quattrocento. Sgarbi: intervenga Bray per salvare gli affreschi di Sant'Anna . In: La Repubblica (Cultura). July 26, 2013 (newspaper article, Italian)
personal data
SURNAME Master of Cercenasco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maestro di Cercenasco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Early Renaissance painter in Italy
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century