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Caravaggio, the Confraternita della Misericordia and the original context of the Oratory of the Decollato in Valletta

11/2007 | 1256 | 149

Pages: 759-766

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Author:

Sciberras, Keith (Sciberras, Keith)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

buildings:

Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta

places:

Valletta / Malta

print:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

print:

Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta

subjects:

Confraternita della Misericordia

Illustrations

Attributed works:

15. The Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato. (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).

Attributed works:

17. Detail of the coat of arms of the Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt on the frame of The beheading of St John the Baptist, by Caravaggio. (Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato, St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; Courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).

Attributed works:

19. Detail of a map of Valletta from Valletta Citta Nova di Malta, by Francesco Villamena after an engraving by Francesco dell’Antella. Reproduced in G. Bosio: Dell’istoria della Sacra Religione, Rome 1602, III, unpaginated.

Attributed works:

21. Flagellation of Christ, by Stefano Pieri. 1571. Canvas, 380 by 295 cm. (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).

Western art unattributed:

16. Plan of St John’s Church and of the Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato.

Western art unattributed:

18. View of the oratory’s roof to the right of the church façade, recessed behind the Grand Prior’s residence.

Western art unattributed:

20. View of the oratory from the cemetery.

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