Pietro Maggi a Crema: le tele della demolita chiesa di San Marino
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Pietro Maggi in Crema: the canvases in the demolished church
of San Marino
LICIA CARUBELLI
Following the death of the major local painters from the 1600s, no
personality of particular relevance seems to have emerged in Crema at
the turn of the century. Customers then reached out to other areas, such
as Veneto and Milan. Thus is explained the presence in town of important
works by Legnanino and Giacomo Parravicino, who had been born in
Valtellina but were living in Milan: specifically, the former’s
Annunciation in the parochial church of San Giacomo and the latter’s
rather imposing frescoed decoration in the church of Santa Maria della
Croce, made in collaboration with the Grandi brothers, specialized in the
technique of quadratura.
Pietro Maggi – to whom a cycle of canvases for the church of Bagnolo Cremasco has been attributed in the past – belonged to the very same
milieu; his name is now being associated with a group of 6 canvases
formerly in the church of San Marino in Crema, seat of the Barnabite
Fathers in the 17th and 18th centuries. These works ought to be
attributed to the Milanese painter on the basis of clear similarities with
his known production, showing close links with the figural culture of
both Lombardy (scholars presume he was a pupil of Filippo Abbiati) and
Veneto.
The Crema paintings, representing Alessandro Sauli Receiving
Communion, St. Libor, St. Francis of Sales, St. Anthony of Padua in
Adoration of the Child, St. Anne and the Virgin Mary, St. Charles in
Adoration of the Crucifix, show the work of a painter up to date with the
most important 18th Century innovations, such as light and bright colors
and a vibrant atmosphere, if still within a more traditional classicism.
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