Today, I am writing a post which was requested by Gigi La Bella Donna to answer questions concerning a fresco painted by Floriano Ferramola.
Artist: Floriano or Fioravante Ferramola (1478 - 1528) was an Italian painter active mainly in Brescia. Ferramola frescoed an Annunciation for the church of the Carmine in Brescia, and also painted for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Brescia. He is also known for his frescoes painted for the Palazzo Calini in Brescia, one of which may be viewed in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Original Location of the Art Works: Palazzo Calini Gambara was built by the Calini in the sixteenth century and then inherited by the Gambara family. The Palazzo is located at the intersection of via del Carmine and via delle Battaglie. A staircase leads to the main floor where there are three rooms with windows facing via del Carmine, which were once completely frescoed. Another room, towards Vicolo Tre Archi, was rich in stuccoes and completely frescoed, a nearby room was once the private chapel. Video from the Museum in Brescia about the Fresco in question.
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Notes about the fresco series from the Victoria and Albert Museum
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References:
- Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. p. 59.
- Nicoli Cristiani, Federico (1807). Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani. Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia. pp. 156–157.
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Vandy Pacetti-Donelson is a milliner, costumer, illuminator and calligrapher, and researcher who is interested in all that is the Italian Renaissance. A true Florida Native originally from Saint Augustine, she now calls Daphne, Alabama her home. Vandy is known in the Society for Creative Anachronism as Baronessa Franca Donato, OL and resides in the Barony of the Osprey in the Kingdom of Merides.
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