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Rome, Trinità dei Monti: MRA-ITA-Rom349

Type Sample Item

Sample ID

MRA-ITA-Rom349

Sample Material Type

Mural painting
Pigment

Sample Sub-type

powder

Other info about sample identity

Pig.7; 0126 [label glued to the plastic holder]

Geographic Location

Country
Italy
Place
Rome

Site/monument

Italy (ITA)
Rome
Trinità dei Monti
Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Monti, Cappella della Rovere

Historical note about the site/monument

The church of the Trinità dei Monti (Trinity of the Mounts) was built between 1494 and 1594 to house the French religious order of Minims under the initiative of French kings Louis XII and his son Charles VIII. It stands on a prominent position above the Spanish steps and is crowned with a pair of symmetrical bell towers designed by Giacomo della Porta and Carlo Maderno. The Chapel of the Assumption, also called Chapel of Lucrezia della Rovere (niece of Pope Julius III), was ceded in the mid-16th century and bears mural paintings by Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra (and his pupils) and Gaspar Becerra. Executed in the years between 1548 and 1560, the paintings have a Mannerist style and depict scenes including the Assumption, the Massacre of the Innocents, The birth of the Virgin and the Coronation of Mary.

Source:
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, March 21). Trinità dei Monti. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:08, May 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trinità_dei_Monti&oldid=1013472653.

Felici, A. C., Fronterotta, G., Piacentini, M., Nicolais, C., Sciuti, S., Vendittelli, M., & Vazio, C. (2004). The wall paintings in the former Refectory of the Trinità dei Monti convent in Rome: relating observations from restoration and archaeometric analyses to Andrea Pozzo’s own treatise on the art of mural painting. Journal of cultural heritage5(1), 17-25.

Chronological period (sample)

15th-16th century

Date of sampling

Unknown
Yes

Other related archival documents

Laboratory analysis form with the samples identification, description; type of analysis and results [pdf 1995_Bmoreno_Trinita-Monti_Analysis] Photo with sampling location [ 20190522_150121]

Related samples

This sample is related with samples from MRA-ITA-Rom343 to MRA-ITA-Rom348, samples MRA-ITA-Rom350, MRA-ITA-Rom355, MRA-ITA-Rom356 and MRA-ITA-Rom358

Other information about the sample

The samples were collected for material identification (section analytical research)

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