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San Michele al Pozzo Bianco is a church in the upper town of
Founded in the 8th century, it was rebuilt many times over the centuries. The present facade is from the early 20th century. Much of the interior was rebuilt in the 15th century, and covered with frescoes in a style influenced by Byzantine iconography.
San Michele al Pozzo Bianco is a church in the upper town of 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 ...
, on a small piazza of the same name, near Porta Sant'Agostino, on Via Porta Dipinta. The church is now in a corner next to the frescoed house of the vicar, entered by a large rounded arch. The vicar's house has an external fresco attributed to Giacomo Scanardi.
History
Founded in the 8th century, it was rebuilt many times over the centuries. The present facade is from the early 20th century. Much of the interior was rebuilt in the 15th century, and covered with frescoes in a style influenced by Byzantine iconography.
Art
The chapel to the left, completed later, has a series of frescoed panels ''Scenes from the Life of The Virgin Mary
''Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary'' (Italian - ''Le Storie della Vergine'') is a cycle of frescos by Filippo Lippi in Spoleto Cathedral.
History
The cycle was commissioned in 1466, when Lippi had completed his ''Stories of St. Stephen and ...
'' (1525), masterworks by Lorenzo Lotto. The central chapel and the one on the right is frescoed (1577) by Giovan Battista Guarinoni d'Averara. The latter chapel has a canvas ''Madonna and child with Saints Peter and Paul'' by Giovanni Paolo Lolmo.
On the right wall, there is a ''Madonna of the Rosary and Saints'' by 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 ...
and in the counterfacade, two frescoes by Antonio Cifrondi
Antonio Cifrondi (June 11, 1655 – October 30, 1730) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque, mainly of genre themes. He was active in Brescia and near Bergamo.
He was born to a poor mason in Clusone. After some local training. Cifrondi moved ...
depicting ''Christ and the adulterous woman'' and the ''Last Supper''. The crypt has 13th-century frescoes, and one of a ''Enthroned Madonna and Saints'', attributed to Antonio Boselli.
Bibliography
*AA.VV., ''Lombardia (esclusa Milano)'', Touring Club Editore, Milano 1999.External links
* {{Authority control Michele Romanesque architecture in Lombardy