AEDICULE SARCOPHAGUS, 1500 - 1599

sarcophagus - aedicule - Piacenza workshop (16th century)
AEDICULE SARCOPHAGUS, 1500 - 1599
The ark, set in the wall (rear part), is supported at the front by two columns with Ionic order capitals placed on a high rectangular base. The coats of arms of the Scotti and Gonzaga families are sculpted on the front side, alongside a folder surrounded by leaf decorations. On the inclined lid, in relief, the Christ in pity and, to the side, two symbols of the Passion (spear and pike with sponge). Above the ark the coat of arms of the Scotti is repeated on a slab

OBJECT
aedicule sarcophagus
MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE
stone/ carving/ smoothing/ shaping/ sculpture
CULTURAL FIELD
Piacenza workshop
LOCATION
Piacenza (PC)
HISTORICAL CRITICAL NEWS
Sober and notable example of a sixteenth-century funerary monument; the sculpted parts are of rather crude workmanship, the work of a late provincial artist. Overall this is an interesting work. It was located against the right wall of the chapel to the left of the apse; when the latter was transformed into a baptistery (around 1944), the ark was moved to its current position
CARD TYPE
Works/objects of art
LEGAL CONDITION
property Catholic religious body
NATIONAL CATALOG CODE
0800111898
COMPETENT BODY FOR PROTECTION
Superintendence for Historical, Artistic and Ethnoanthropological Heritage for the provinces of Parma and Piacenza
FILING BODY
Superintendence for Historical, Artistic and Ethnoanthropological Heritage for the provinces of Parma and Piacenza
REGISTRATIONS
within the folder, in the center - ILLUSTRIS ALOYSIA GONZAGA/ SCOTTA VIRAGO HIC IACET - capital letters - engraved - Latin