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church located in

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church we see incorporated a prior church of ''San Giacomo in Braida'', and was erected between 1339 and 1345. Further refurbishments of the interior occurred in 1553 and again in 1664. Once attached to an eremitic monastery of Augustinian monks, the church acquired extensive decoration, including:Cassiciaco
Augustinian Social and Cultural website. *''Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza'', Cappella Cavalcabò or third chapel on right, by

Bonifacio Bembo ''Portrait of Francesco Sforza''. ca. 1460. Tempera on panel, 40 x 31 cm. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Bonifacio Bembo, also called Bonfazio Bembo, or simply just Bembo, was a north Italian Renaissance artist born in Brescia in 1420. He was ...

(detached fresco originally from the ducal chapel) *''Enthroned Madonna and Child between Saints John Evangelist and Augustine'' (1490), altarpiece by

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*Cappella della Passione di Cristo, 2nd chapel on right, statuary group depicting the ''Passion of Christ'' (1666) by

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*Main altarpiece depicting ''The Redeemer gives his blood to the Doctors of the Church'' (1594) by

Andrea Mainardi Andrea Mainardi, also known as ''il Chiaveghino'', (active 1590–1613) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active in Cremona. Mainardi and his nephew Marcantonio, were pupils of Bernardino Campi in Cremona. He painted the ...

References

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