Sant’Anna Metterza (the Virgin Mary and Christ Child with Saint Anne, mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus). Fresco painted in the late 1300s in the north apse of the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, at Gravedona, Lombardy, Italy.
Gravedona, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy: late 14th century frescoes in the north apse of the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, a 12th century Romanesque church on the northwest shores of the Lago di Como, include this Sant’Anna Metterza (the Virgin Mary and Christ Child with Saint Anne, mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus). Other frescoes surviving from the 1300s and 1400s inside the church include St John the Baptist, St Julian the Hospitaller, St Christopher carrying the Christ Child and a superb early 14th century Last Judgement. It also houses a masterpiece of Lombard Romanesque sculpture, a 12th century Crucifixion carved from poplar wood. The lakeside land occupied by Santa Maria del Tiglio and the adjoining parish church of San Vincenzo is believed to have been a sacred site from at least Roman times. The first Christian building, a baptistery dedicated to St John the Baptist, was probably built on the site of a pagan temple. The two churches both incorporate re-used ancient materials, including a Roman altar and a fragment of 5th century Roman floor mosaic.
Size: 2725px × 4102px
Location: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, Gravedona, Lombardy, Italy.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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