San Girolamo is a 17th-century,
Baroque
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style,
Roman Catholic
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church on Via Sicardo 5, in
Cremona
Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...
, region of
Lombardy
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, Italy. It is also known as the ''Oratory of San Girolamo''.
History
A church at the site had existed since 1386, and in 1456 had become home to an Oratory of the Confraternity of Santa Maria della Misericordia and of San Giovanni Decollato. The latter provided confessions and burial to those condemned to die. The present church was built in 1616. The facade however has a
Neoclassical simplicity surmounted by an awkward
Palladian window
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. The presbytery was completed in 1657 by A. Capra with a cupola.
Description
The interior ceilings, cupola, and were decorated by a series of painters in the 18th-century. The walls and cupola were a collaboration of
Francesco Monti painting figures, and
Giovanni Zanardi painting quadratura; however the apse was the product of
Giovanni Battista Zaist and
Antonio Maria Panni.
Realtà e illusione nell'architettura dipinta: quadraturismo e grande decorazione nella piturra di eta Barroca
by Fauzia Farneti, Deanna Lenzi, Alinea (2006), page 257.
References
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Roman Catholic churches in Cremona
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Baroque church buildings in Lombardy
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1616
1616 establishments in Italy