San Giovanni Battista delle Monache is a former
Roman Catholic
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church located in Via Costantinopoli 106 in central
Naples
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, region of Campania, Italy.
History
Cesare Calense (?-1640) painted a ''Deposition'' for the original church around 1590-1600. The present church was built mainly during 1673-1681 using designs by
Francesco Antonio Picchiatti
Francesco Antonio Picchiatti (10 January 1619, Ferrara – 28 August 1694, Naples) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period active in Naples. He is also called Picchetto. He was son of Bartolommeo Picchiatti, who also served as an architect ...
. The facade was added in the 18th century, and was designed by
Giovan Battista Nauclerio. In the 19th century, the Cloister of San Giovanniello, standing across Via Sapienza, became the home of the
Accademia di Belle Arti
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Accademie di Belle Arti
The offic ...
in Naples. This urban reconstruction was directed by
Enrico Alvino
Enrico Alvino (1809–1872) was an Italian architect and urban designer, particularly active in Naples in the mid-19th century. He was born in Milan, and died in Rome.
Works
Among his important works in Naples are:
*façade of the church of San ...
; and involved the demolition the Vasto Bastion, to make way for the
Teatro Bellini. The damage from the 1930 earthquake was not restored until 1970, and all the movable interior decoration was moved. The church was closed and under restoration in 2011.
Interior
The lateral chapels contained paintings by
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.
Ear ...
,
Francesco di Maria
Francesco di Maria (1623–1690) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Domenichino. Maria was an early mentor of Francesco Solimena, Giacomo del Pò, and Paolo de Matteis
Paolo de ...
,
Bernardo Cavallino
Bernardo Cavallino (1616–1656) was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He is regarded as one of the most original painters active in Naples during the first half of the 17th century.Ann Percy. "Cavallino, Bernardo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art ...
,
Giovanni Balducci
Giovanni Balducci, called Il Cosci after his maternal uncle, (c. 1560 — after 1630) was an Italian mannerist painter.
Biography
Born in Florence, Balducci was trained by Giovanni Battista Naldini. Under the guidance and supervision of Vasar ...
,
Nicola Fumo, and
Andrea Vaccaro
Andrea Vaccaro (baptised on 8 May 1604 – 18 January 1670) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Vaccaro was in his time one of the most successful painters in Naples, a city then under Spanish rule. Very successful and valued in his l ...
. It also contained paintings by
Massimo Stanzione
Massimo Stanzione (also called Stanzioni; 1585 – 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, mainly active in Naples, where he and his rival Jusepe de Ribera dominated the painting scene for several decades. He was primarily a painter of altarpiece ...
,
Giacomo Farelli
Giacomo Farelli (1629 in Naples – 26 June 1706) was an Italian painter active in Naples.
Biography
He trained under Andrea Vaccaro, whose style he at first followed, but he afterwards imitated with more success that of Guido Reni and Luca G ...
, and
Paolo De Matteis
Paolo de Matteis (also known as ''Paolo de' Matteis''; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained wit ...
; the sculptural decoration has suffered much damage.
Bibliography
*''Napoli sacra. Guida alle chiese della città'', coordinamento scientifico di
Nicola Spinosa; curated by Gemma Cautela, Leonardo Di Mauro, Renato Ruotolo,
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Italy 1993-1997, 15 fascicoli
External links
Napoligrafia entry on church.
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17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Churches in Naples
Baroque architecture in Naples