Gaudenzio Ferrari in San Cristoforo a Vercelli (0254VC02)

In the historic center of Vercelli, the church of San Cristoforo, built in 1515, is one of the most important examples of Romanesque architecture. The scrigno che conserva precious painting by Gaudenzio Ferrari, made by the artist Valsesiano between 1529 and 1534, among the most ancient expressions of Renaissance art. The prima was the altarpiece known as Madonna degli Aranci, although in reality it is depicted A melon, with a Madonna Leonardo. The child and San Giuseppe immersed in a scene of serene beatitude, with saints, including a large San Cristoforo appoggiato ad un ramo fiorito di palma, due to religious con il White saio typico degli umiliati, and angels, among whom, in basso, due to their preparation I play a lute and a violin. In una cappella you find a cycle of frescoes with the stories of Maria Maddalena, inspired It was the legend of Jacopo da Varagine. It consists of four quadri, each of which has a small aperture on the back of the dome. There are other episodes of the life of Santa. The four main scenes depict Maddalena listening to the preaching of Christ, the Jesus washes his feet during a dinner at the home of Simon, the baptism of the princes of Marseilles. According to the credenza sull'opera di evangelizzazione compiled by the saint in Provence, the ascension Maddalena, who went to heaven dressed only in her blond hair. The scene most damaged by the cannonade that Vercelli suffered during the siege of the 1638 and 1704. Always in the Maddalena Chapel, on a wall, it's a concitata and dramatic Crucifixion, developed in the vertical. With Maddalena crying her pain kneeling at the foot of the cross, Maria and the pedonne, The soldiers who played gave him the tunic of Jesus, the equestrian figure of Longinus and his wife. Other Roman cavalry, and the long spear that trafigono the body of Christ, affiancato The robbers, and above delicate figures of angels who crown the tragic event. The symmetry of the Maddalena chapel is the chapel of the Blessed Virgin. Gaudenzio Ferrari painted a cycle of frescoes with scenes from the life of the Virgin. In four main cases, the birth of a child is recorded in the following episodes: The marriage of the Virgin, with the background of the presentation In the temple, the worship of the shepherds and the worship of the magi. The courtyard is almost a representation of the palace of the Renaissance courts. On one wall is the great fresco of the Assumption of the Virgin, also developed on this Plans over the ground, the place where the apostles appeared to them in astonishment, And the celestial, where Mary, with a volumetric rendering that does not prove the corporeality, sells to heaven She is transported by a cloud of angels and is crowned by the Godfather. The notary also le grottesche poste sopra gli affreschi, decorations monochrome opera Gaudenzio Ferrari and his shop.