Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano is a

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-style,

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church located at number 1 Largo Belotti in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

in the Lombardy region of Italy. The church is associated with a Dominican convent and stands about a block away from the

Teatro Donizetti The Teatro Donizetti is an opera house in Bergamo, Italy. Built in the 1780s using a design by architect Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, the theatre was originally referred to as either the Teatro Nuovo or Teatro di Fiera. The first opera to be mo ...

History

The church was built in 1613-1642, adjacent to a monastery of San Bartolomeo, which had belonged to the religious order of the ''

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''. After this order was suppressed, the convent was granted to the Dominicans, with whom it remains associated today. The monastery was destroyed and rebuilt in 1970 by the Dominicans. The church houses a large canvas, a masterpiece by the well-known painter

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Painting, painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school (art), Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He pain ...

called ''Pala Martinengo'', or ''

Martinengo Altarpiece The ''Martinengo Altarpiece'' is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto, finished in 1516. It is housed in the church of Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano in Bergamo in northern Italy. History On 15 May 1516, Lotto was in Berg ...

''. The chapel of the Madonna of the Rosary is highly decorated in stucco and painting (1752) by the studio of

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and

Muzio Camuzio Muzio is an Italian given name and surname. Notable people with the given name include: *Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), Italian composer * Muzio Sforza (1369-1424), Italian nobleman and condottiero, father of Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan Notabl ...

. The Bolognese painter Francesco Monti decorated the area of the cupola with a transfiguration. The cornices are decorated with 15 ''Holy Mysteries of the Rosary'' (1757) in monochrome by

Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli, also referred to as Giovanni Antonio, (February 14, 1700 or 1706- died after 1776 ) was a Swiss-Italian painter, mainly of sacred subjects, active in a late baroque style. Biography He was born in Locarno in the T ...

. The choir was carved by Damiano Zambelli (1480 - 1549) for the church of San Stefano, which was torn down, and thus the choir stalls moved ultimately to end here. The ceiling of the nave was frescoed by

Mattia Bortoloni Mattia Bortoloni (31 March 1696 – 9 June 1750) was an important painter of the early Italian Rococo period. He began his career as a student of Antonio Balestra of Verona and was active throughout northern Italy. Biography For many years th ...

. He also frescoed (1749) in the choir and presbytery, the ''Sacrifice of Isaac'' and ''Glory of Santissimi Sacramento'', but died before the completion of all of his designs. Further frescoes in the ceilings, including a ''Glory of the Dominican Order'' (1751), were completed by

Gaspare Diziani Gaspare Diziani (1689 – 17 August 1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period, active mainly in the Veneto but also in Dresden and Munich. The artist's canvas is the largest painting of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersb ...

. Other altarpieces include paintings by

Mauro Picenardi Mauro Picenardi (1735 in Crema, Lombardy – May 30, 1809 in Bergamo) was an Italian painter. Biography He was the son of the Cremona, Cremonese painter Tommaso Picenardi, He also trained with Gianbettino Cignaroli in the latter's academy in Vero ...

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Enea Salmeggia Enea Salmeggia (c. 1556 – 23 February 1626) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city of Bergamo. Biography He was also known as ''Il Talpino''. He trained with members of the Campi family, and l ...

also called il Talpino,

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Pietro Ricchi Pietro Ricchi (1606 – 15 August 1675) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in Lucca. In 1632–33, he was in France and painted a fresco the rooms of . Fléchères salon chasses4.JPG, 'Salon de la Chasse' : boar hunt Fléchères c ...

also called il Lucchese,

Carlo Salis Carlo Salis (1680–1763) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Verona. He was initially a pupil of the painter Alessandro Marchesini, then went to work under Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole and later with Antonio Balestra in Venice ...

Giovanni Battista Discepoli Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590–1660), also called "Lo Zoppo di Lugano" from his being a cripple, was a Swiss-Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Milan. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, he was a pupil of the painter Camillo ...

also called lo Zoppo,

Agostino Facheris Agostino Facheris (16th-century) was an Italian painter, active in Bergamo, Italy. He was also known as ''il Caversegno'' after the contrada of Presezzo where he was born. Biography He was a pupil of Lorenzo Lotto and Andrea Previtali. He collab ...

also called il Caversegno,

Pietro Damiani Peter Damian ( la, Petrus Damianus; it, Pietro or '; – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of '' Paradiso'' ...

da Castelfranco and Giorgio Anselmi

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External links

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