Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi facciata Brescia

San Francesco is a Romanesque- Gothic style,

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church and

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monastery located on Via San Francesco d'Assisi in central

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, region of Lombardy, Italy.

History

The Franciscan order arrived in Brescia around 1220, after a visit to the city by the

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himself. Construction of the structures began around 1254 and continued for over a century. The cloister of the adjacent Convent, designed by Guglielmo da Frisone, was completed in 1394. In the 14th century, it is likely the entire walls and ceilings were frescoed, but the creation of chapels and other restorations covered much of this work except for traces behind the 2nd and third altars. The ''Crucifixion'' fresco in the 2nd chapel on the left dates to 1310-1320. On the right, the chapel dedicated to St Jerome has decorative sculpture (1506) by Gasparo da Coirano. Other internal decoration was by

Ottavio Viviani Ottavio Viviani (c. 1579-c. 1641) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Viviani was born in Brescia. He was initially a pupil of Tommaso Sandrino. He painted for the royal palace of Monaco and in the Ducal palace of Sassuolo. He specia ...

, Pietro Ricchi (il Lucchese), and Gian Giacomo Barbello. The Franciscan order's residence in the monastery was suppressed during Napoleonic rule, only for them to return later in the 19th century. The structure still houses monks from the order. Romanino, madonna e santi, san francesco brescia

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Among the interior paintings, one finds:Itinerari Brescia entry on church. *''Saints Margaret of Antioch, Jerome, and Francis'' (1530), 1st altar on left, 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 ...

*''Descent of Holy Spirit'' (1520), 4th altar on left, by Il Romanino * ''Madonna and child with Saints Francis, Anthony of Padua, Bonaventure, Louis of Tolouse, and Bernard'' (1516-1517), main altarpiece, also by Romanino *''Christ and Evangelists'', lunettes of presbytery, also by Romanino *''Esther and Assuerus'' and ''Judith and Holofernes''(1737), 16th-century Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, by Giovani Battista Sassi with quadrature by Giacomo Lecchi *Main altarpiece (1603) by

Grazio Cossali Grazio Cossali, sometimes called Orazio Cossali (1563 – December 4, 1629) was an Italian painter who worked in Brescia, Cremona, and Venice, active during the Mannerist or early Baroque periods. Biography Born in Orzinuovi, Province of Bres ...

References

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