Santi Giacomo e Niccolò is a Roman Catholic parish church in the village of Quercegrossa, within the municipal limits of Castelnuovo Berardenga, a few kilometers outside of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

History

The church was originally ancient, built in romanesque-style, but has undergone numerous reconstructions, including major ones in the early 19th century, and in 1957. Traces of the romanesque structure remain on the left side. Once serving a parish church, since 2011 services have mainly transferred to a new parish church. The church still houses a late 15th-century polychrome sculptural group of the ''Pietà'', a masterwork of Francesco di Giorgio Martini, likely helped by Giacomo Cozzarelli. The work was brought here from the now-razed Olivetan monastery of San Benedetto fuori Porta Tufi in Siena. An inventory in 1840 also noted the presence of altarpieces depicting ''San Giacomo'' by Martelli, a ''Madonna'' by Matteo de Giovanni (possibly Matteo Giovanetti), and a processional standard by likely

Annibale Mazzuoli Annibale Mazzuoli (Siena, 1658 – Rome, 17 December 1743) was an Italian painter. He was born to a pedigree of artists. His father was the architect Dionisio. His brothers include sculptors Giuseppe Mazzuoli and Antonio Giovanni; architect F ...

.Cenni storico-artistici di Siena e suoi suburbii
by Ettore Romagnoli, (1840) page 66.

References

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