| Series |
Frescoes in the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua.
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| Provenance |
(a) Executed for the Sala (main hall) of the Palazzo della Ragione (town hall), Padua. |
| Current repository |
Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy, public. |
| Updated documentation |
Date: (b) executed from about 1425 to 1440. |
| Attribution history |
(a) The theme of this extensive cycle of frescoes is the life of man as regulated by the stars. (b) The original series decorating the upper story of the Sala was probably executed in 1306-1309 by Giotto and his school; on 2 February 1420, a fire broke out in the Palazzo della Ragione, damaging the roof and destroying these early works. Giovanni Nicolò Miretto (also known as Nicolò Miretto), (a) whose last name has been spelled variously as Mireto, Miretti or Moreto, and his assistants began repainting the hall in about 1423-1425 (a) (some sources maintain they began as late as 1427) and (b) are responsible for more than 244 sections of the surviving fresco cycle. Stefano da Ferrara, (c) who has been wrongly identified with Stefano Falzagalloni (or Falzagolloni), (b) joined Miretto and his team in about 1430. The cycle was completed before 1440. |
| Sources |
(a) Information from Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive. |
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(b) Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico. Stefano da Ferrara. Problemi critici tra Giotto a Padova, l'espansione di Altichiero e il primo Quattrocento a Ferrara. Firenze, 1972, pp.93; 131-137. |
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(c) Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. "RKDartists&." Netherlands Institute for Art History. http://website.rkd.nl/Databases/RKDartists/default_RKDartists (accessed 10/10/2012). |
| LC subject |
Miretto, Giovanni Nicolò, fl. 1423-ca. 1440.
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Stefano, da Ferrera, fl. ca. 1430.
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Anonymous, Italian School, Paduan, 16th cent.
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Falzagalloni, Stefano, fl. ca. 1475-1500.
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Art, Italian.
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| Other subject |
Frescoes and / or murals.
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Saints-Christopher.
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Saints-George.
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Allegory-Charity.
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Allegory-Faith.
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Allegory-Fortitude.
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Allegory-Justice.
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Allegory-Prudence.
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Allegory-Temperance.
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Allegory-Virtue.
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Allegory-Zodiac.
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| Genre/Form |
Italian School.
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Paintings (visual works)
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Frescoes (paintings)
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Reproductions.
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| Other author |
Stefano, da Ferrera, fl. ca. 1430,
and assistants, collaborator.
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Anonymous, Italian School, Paduan,
16th cent.,
collaborator.
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Falzagalloni, Stefano, fl. ca. 1475-1500,
and assistants, collaborator, former attribution.
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| Related corporate bodies |
Palazzo della ragione (Padua, Italy)
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Frick Art Reference Library.
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| Frick artist name form |
Miretto, Giovanni, op.p.1420, and assistants, collaborator.
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