Un Crocifisso e un tramezzo ligneo per Santa Clara dell’osservanza? Riflessioni sulla commissione e la fruizione di manufatti artistici in un monastero femminile di Pavia

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Un Crocifisso e un tramezzo ligneo per Santa Clara dell’osservanza? Riflessioni sulla commissione e la fruizione di manufatti artistici in un monastero femminile di Pavia

A Crucifix and a wooden tramezzo made for Santa Clara of the Franciscan Observance? Thoughts on the use of artefacts and images in a female monastery in Pavia

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Graziella Bozzini

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Vita e Pensiero

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09-2022

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10.26350/666112_000098

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0004-3443 (print) | 2785-1117 (digital)

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This article proposes various questions on possible characteristics of works of art made specifically for the female branch of the Franciscan Observance. Several peculiarities of the frescoes (some of which are unpublished) in the Santa Maria delle Grazie nunnery – which is known as Santa Clara and was built from the 1470s by reusing and adapting Cistercian structures – are presented. Studies of a wooden Crucifix and of a series of panels depicting Scenes from the Passion of Christ are brought to attention, putting forward the hypothesis that they may have been made for the Santa Clara nuns. KeywOrdS: Pavia, Santa Clara; 15th century; Female Franciscan Observance; wooden crucifix; Scenes from the Passion of Christ