Saturday, February 2, 2019

Santa Maria dell'Orto

where: Via Anicia, 10 Trastevere
getting there: from Termini bus 40 or 64 to Largo di Torre Argentina/tram 8 to Piazza Mastai, then left onto Via di San Francesco e Ripa (past San Francesco e Ripa), left onto Via Anicia
open: 9:30-12:30 & 15:30-18:30 closed August
Santa Maria dell'Orto (Saint Mary of the Garden) is a 16th century Baroque church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the Trastevere neighbourhood. It belonged to the guild of greengrocers, shoe makers and chicken sellers (to name a few) who donated money for the church construction and decoration.

The inside is quite beautiful with ornate gilding and stucco decorations. The wonderful nave ceiling fresco of the Assumption is by Giacinto Calandrucci. This was completed in 1706, the year before his death.
The round ceiling frescoes were by Andrea and Giuseppe Orazi, and Giovanni Battista Parodi.
The marble floor has some colourful inlays of fruit and vegetables giving a nod to the fruit and vegetable marketeers.
In the first chapel on the right is an altarpiece by Taddeo Zuccari.

The church holds a number of altarpieces and canvases by Giovanni Baglione. In the third chapel on the right is the Madonna, Child and Saints which dates from 1630. On the left in the chapel dedicated to Saint Sebastian, are an altarpiece and side wall decorations, and in the third chapel is another canvas of the Madonna and Child, and two more paintings on either wall.

At the main altar is an icon of the Madonna and Child, surrounded by golden rays and vibrant apse frescoes.
Giacinto Calandrucci

Parodi

Giovanni Baglione

Baglione

Taddeo Zuccari




Artists in Santa Maria dell'Orto
Giuseppe & AndreaOrazi
Giacinto Calandrucci
Andrea Procaccini
Giovanni Battista Parodi
Corrado Giaquinto
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