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''Christ with Moses and Solomon'' is a 1541-1542 oil on canvas painting by
Moretto da Brescia Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (possibly 22 December 1554), more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia (the Moor of Brescia), was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked. His ...
, displayed on the altar of the Most Holy Sacrament in the collegiate church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in
Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...
, the artist's home town. It has been the altarpiece for that altar throughout the historical record, from Bernardino Faino's mention of it in 1630 to the present day. The parish archive contains 18th century documents referring to lost earlier documents, including a 1720 note mentioning a contract dated of 4 May 1541 in which took on "Alessandro Moretto ... to make the Altarpiece (for the hapel of theMost Holy Sacrament), and to complete it and put it in place the following year". Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, ''Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia'', Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988, p 374 A 1768 note also mentions this contract and states the painting was delivered on time in 1542.


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Bibliography (in Italian)

*Giulio Antonio Averoldi, ''Le scelte pitture di Brescia additate al forestiere'', Brescia 1700 *Camillo Boselli, ''Il Moretto, 1498-1554'', in "Commentari dell'Ateneo di Brescia per l'anno 1954 – Supplemento", Brescia 1954 *György Gombosi, ''Moretto da Brescia'', Basel 1943 *Valerio Guazzoni, ''Moretto. Il tema sacro'', Brescia 1981 *Federico Odorici, ''Storie Bresciane dai primi tempi sino all'età nostra'', Brescia 1853 *Adolfo Venturi, ''Storia dell'arte italiana'', volume IX, ''La pittura del Cinquecento'', Milano 1929 {{Moretto da Brescia 1542 paintings Paintings by Moretto da Brescia Paintings in Brescia Paintings depicting Moses Paintings depicting Jesus Paintings depicting Solomon Altarpieces Angels in art