Monte di Pietà (Naples)

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Monte di Pietà

Cappella monte di pietà.jpg

Address: Via San Biagio dei Librai, No. 114,
Naples

Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 56 "  N , 14 ° 15 ′ 27.8"  E

The Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (short: Monte di Pietà ) with the corresponding Cappella del Monte di Pietà of Naples is located in Via San Biagio dei Librai, No. 114.. Chapel is an important example of the transition from late mannerism to early Baroque and is one of the most famous sights of Naples. It should not be confused with the Pio Monte della Misericordia .

history

View through the portal of the palazzo in the atrium and inner courtyard with the portal of the chapel

The Monte di Pietà of Naples was founded in 1539 by the nobles Aurelio Paparo and Nardo di Palma. The aim was a non-profit lending money to less well-off or poor people who gave a pledge as security. This was auctioned after a certain period (about one year) if the customer could not repay the loan by then.

Originally a building of the Counts of Montecalvo stood on the site of the palace, which was acquired by Monte di Pietà in 1576. The new building was carried out by the architect Giovan Battista Cavagna and with the participation of Giovan Giacomo Conforto and Giovanni Cola di Franco and, according to an inscription above the main portal, was completed in 1599.

The palazzo narrowly escaped fire during the Masaniello uprisings in 1647, but was damaged by a conflagration in 1786; the former archive , pledges and money were lost. The famous chapel with its valuable artistic decoration was spared.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the Monte di Pietà was run by the Banco di Napoli -Intesa Sanpaolo Group Service and used for offices; In 2017 they intended to sell the entire building complex.

description

Palazzo

As the area was poorly lit, Cavagna designed a facade with large windows that were supposed to catch as much light as possible. The entrance portal leads to an atrium that leads to the offices on the left. This is followed by an inner courtyard ( cortile ), at the end of which there is the entrance portal to the chapel of Monte di Pietà.

Chapel and sacristies

Fresco decoration (1601–1603) by Belisario Corenzio and Battistello in the chapel

To the right and left of the entrance portal of the chapel, between two fluted pilasters , are two allegorical sculptures of Security ( Securitas ) and Charity ( Caritas ) by Pietro Bernini (1600–1601), the father of Gian Lorenzo Bernini . In the center of the large triangular pediment above a Pietà by Michelangelo Naccherino (1601), and two angels by Tommaso Montani (1603–1614).

The interior has a single nave and is decorated with gilded stucco and frescoes by Belisario Corenzio , who, together with the young Battistello Caracciolo, created a cycle on the Mysteries of the Passion here between 1601 and 1618 .

Fabrizio Santafede painted the painting of the Descent from the Cross on the main altar in the years 1601–1603. On the walls you can see an Assumption of Mary by Ippolito Borghese (1603) and a Resurrection of Christ , which Girolamo Imparato started in 1603 , but was only finished by Santafede between 1607 and 1608.

The tomb for Cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva, which was built by Cosimo Fanzago in 1617, is located in the Antisagrestia . The sacristy contains numerous art treasures and gilded decorations with allegories from the 17th century, the fresco depicting Caritas on the ceiling was painted by Giuseppe Bonito in 1742. On the right you get to the Sala Cantoniera with a wooden Pietà from the 17th century, frescoes and one Maiolica floor, portraits of Charles III on the walls . of Bourbon and Queen Maria Amalia .

  • Facade of the chapel

  • The main altar with Descent from the Cross by Santafede in the chapel

  • Detail of the fresco

  • Tomb of Ottavio Acquaviva (1617) by Cosimo Fanzago

  • Detail of the fresco

  • Caritas ceiling fresco (1742) by Giuseppe Bonito

See also

literature

  • Aurelio De Rose: I palazzi di Napoli. Rome, Newton & Compton, 2001
  • Loredana Gazzara: Monte di Pietà. In: Napoli (Le grandi Città d'Arte italiane), Electa, 2007, p. 44

Web links

Coat of arms at the entrance of the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà
Commons : Monte di Pietà (Naples)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • The “Monte di Pietà” of Naples on the “napoligrafia” website , viewed on February 27, 2019 (Italian; also source of this article)
  • “Monte di Pietà” (“Il Banco dei pegni”) of Naples on the “cosedinapoli” website , seen on February 27, 2019
  • Lucio Boccalatte: "Cappella del Sacro Monte di Pietà a Napoli", December 18, 2017, on "Napoli Turistica - Arte e Cultura" , viewed on February 27, 2019 (Italian; also source of this article)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Chapels of the “Monte di Pietà” in Naples on the “napoligrafia” website , viewed on February 27, 2019 (Italian; also source of this article)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Palazzo des “Monte di Pietà” in Naples on the “napoligrafia” website , viewed on February 27, 2019 (Italian; also source of this article)
  3. ↑ a b c d e Loredana Gazzara: "Monte di Pietà", in: Napoli (Le grandi Città d'Arte italiane), Electa, 2007, p. 44
  4. ↑ The website "Tripadvisor" shows, for example, pictures of the Pio Monte della Misericordia with its Caravaggio altar on their page "Cappella del Monte di Pietà" (on tripadvisor) (seen on February 28, 2019 (Italian)). The comments below also relate to e.g. T. on the Pio Monte della Misericordia.
  5. ↑ Lucio Boccalatte: Cappella del Sacro Monte di Pietà a Napoli. December 18, 2017, on Napoli Turistica - Arte e Cultura , as seen on February 28, 2019 (Italian)