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The Certosa di Pavia, a monastery and complex in northern Italy, built in 1396-1495, was once located on the border of a large hunting park belonging to the Visconti family of Milan
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Certosa di Pavia Gra-Car (Gratiarum Chartusia = la Certosa delle Grazie) is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, 8 km north of Pavia. Built in 1396-1495, it was once located on the border of a large hunting park belonging to the Visconti family of Milan, of which today only scattered parts remain. It is one of the largest monasteries in Italy. All over the monastery you'll find the Gra-Car sign, designating the original name of the Charterhouse of Pavia (Gratiarum Chartusia, Charterhouse of the Graces). Certosa is the Italian name for a house of the cloistered monastic order of Carthusians founded by St. Bruno in 1044 at Grande Chartreuse. The Certosa is renowned for the exuberance of its architecture, in both the Gothic and Renaissance styles, and for its collection of artworks which are particularly representative of the region.
The façade of the church is famous for its exuberant decorations, typical of Lombard architecture, every part being decorated with reliefs, inlaid marble and statues. The facade presents an overwhelming display of decorations, reliefs and statues, in white and inlaid marble. The Certosa represents a real art treasury, inside as well as outside.
The lower part of the facade displays a series of medallions with portraits of historical Roman and mythological figures and a series of scenes about the foundation of the monastery and the life of St Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order
Tra il 1488 e il 1495 Bergognone fu il principale pittore attivo nella fabbrica della Certosa di Pavia, dove realizzò, oltre ad un gran numero di affreschi, ben nove pale d'altare: ne rimangono sei, tre in loco, due alla National Gallery di Londra e una a Poznan; inoltre rimangono frammenti di una settima in collezione privata a Milano. Pala di Sant'Ambrogio Vincenzo Campi, Christ Being Nailed to the Cross1575
Giorgione Eremita Giorgione born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (c.1477/8–1510) San Giorgio ed il drago (Fresco)
Sala del Lavabo The room to the right of the presbytery, the sala del lavabo; Vergine con il Bimbo Bernardino Luini (1516 circa)
Copie of Polyptych of Perugino Originally depicting the Madonna and Saints, it is now disassembled and scattered among museums Sacra conversazione (Madonna and child with saints), 1490 Bartolomeo Montagna
Polyptych of Perugino The only original portion in the Certosa is God the Father with cherubim An Annunciation has disappeared; three panels, the Virgin Adoring the Infant Christ, St. Michael and St. Raphael with Tobias are on display at the National Gallery of London, in the United Kingdom. St. Michael (detail) National Gallery of London
Polyptych of Certosa di Pavia by Perugino the Virgin Adoring the Infant Christ, St. Michael and St. Raphael with Tobias are on display at the National Gallery of London, in the United Kingdom.
Polyptych of Certosa di Pavia by Perugino the Virgin Adoring the Infant Christ (detail) at National Gallery of London
Polyptych of Certosa di Pavia by Perugino St. Raphael with Tobias (detail) on display at the National Gallery of London
Polyptych of Certosa di Pavia by Perugino the Virgin Adoring the Infant Christ (detail) at National Gallery of London
Il Bergognone (1453 – 1523) Matrimonio mistico di S. Caterina da Alessandria e di S. Caterina da Siena National Gallery London (from Certosa di Pavia)
Macrino d'Alba (c.1460/1465 – c.1510/1520) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Born in Alba, he painted the Resurrection for the chapel of Sant’Ugone at the Certosa di Pavia
In the south apse the tomb of GianGaleazzo Visconti with angels and the Mary. The tomb is a work of Giovanni Cristoforo Romano and BenedettoBriosco and it was built between 1494 and 1497
Fresco made by Bergognone with Gian Galeazzo Visconti who show to the Mary the model of the Certosa made between 1490 and 1495. With Filippo Maria Visconti, Galeazzo Maria Sforza e Gian Galeazzo Sforza
The Assumption of the Virgin Bergognone (Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano) (Italian, 1453–1523) in Metropolitan Museum
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