San Pietro in Gessate is a church in

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, northern

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. Built in the 15th century, it is a noteworthy example of

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Description

The architect was either

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or his son Pietro Antonio. The church has a nave and two aisles, with square-plan,

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ed spans, flanked by two rows of chapels. Instead of the traditional Gothic piers, the naves are separated by

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columns in

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, the sole indication in the church of the contemporary

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revolution started in

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and others. San Pietro in Gessate is home to a series of paintings of the

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in Lombardy. Artists who worked here include Giovanni Donato Montorfano,

Bernardino Butinone Bernardino Butinone (1435 or 1436 – c. 1507 or 1508) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly around Milan. Born in Treviglio, Lombardy, he was the son of Jacopo da Treviglio, and also known as ''Bernardo da Treviglio''. ...

and Bernardo Zenale. The latter responsible for the impressive ''Histories of St.Ambrose'' in the Grifi Chapel. The chapel has a notable tombstone statue of Ambrogio Grifi by

Benedetto Briosco 200px, Arca of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Cremona Cathedral. Benedetto Briosco (c.1460–c.1517) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, active in Lombardy. Briosco was born in Pavia, and is thought to have apprenticed in Milan. ...

. In the early 16th century

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completed for this church his famous ''Deposition'', which later acquired by the Museum of

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and lost during

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. From 1514 is a fresco by

Ambrogio Bergognone Ambrogio Borgognone (variously known as ''Ambrogio da Fossano'', ''Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano'', ''Ambrogio Stefani da Fossano'' or as ''il Bergognone'' or ''Ambrogio Egogni''

portraying the ''Funeral of St Martin''.

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