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Maestro della Cappella di Santa Margherita a Crea, or more simply Maestro di Crea, is the name given to the anonymous Italian painter who was engaged by Guglielmo VIII Paleologo, Marquis of Montferrat, to decorate the chapel of Santa Margherita in the Santuario della Madonna di Crea near Serralunga di Crea (Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy). The work was performed during the years 1474–1479. The sanctuary stands on the highest hill of the Basso Monferrato; later it would form the focal pont of the Sacro Monte di Crea.

The Master of Crea has in the past been identified with various known painters from north-west Italy, and particularly with Macrino d'Alba. However, stylistic similarities with the early work of the Casalese painter Giovanni Martino Spanzotti have led today’s experts to identify him with that painter’s father, Pietro, or (more probably) with his brother, Francesco.

The chapel frescos

On the rear wall of the chapel is a triptych portraying in fresco the Madonna col Bambino ed Angeli musicanti, affiancata da Santi (Virgin and child, with angelic musicians, flanked by saints) and, on the two wings, donor portraits of Guglielmo VIII Paleologo, his wife Maria di Foix and their children.

The side walls depict scenes of torture from the Passio di Santa Margherita di Antiochia (Saint Margaret of Antioch): in one the saint faces trial by fire, in another she is made to stand in a cauldron of boiling water.

On the chapel’s vault are images of the four Doctors of the Church.

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Other works

Other paintings now widely attributed to the Master of Crea include:

• A panel painting of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Museo Civico d'Arte Antica di Torino, Palazzo Madama;
• The polyptych of Marco Scarognino, Pinacoteca Civica, Varallo Sesia
• The panel painting Adorazione del Bambino con S. Giovanni Battista e S. Domenico, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin;

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External links

The initial version of this article was freely translated from this version of its counterpart on the Italian Wikipedia. That article cited the following work:

• "Di Fino Colorito", Martino Spanzotti e Altri Casalesi (a cura di Giovanni Romano con Alessandra Guerrini e Germana Mazza), Città di Casale Monferrato, 2004.

На других языках

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- [en] Master of Crea

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[es] Maestro di Crea

Con el apelativo de Maestro di Crea o Maestro de la Capilla de Santa Margarita de Crea se denomina a un pintor anónimo a quien entre 1474 y 1479 se le encargó por Guillermo VIII, Marqués de Montferrato, realizar un fresco para la Capilla de Santa Margarita en el Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Crea (situada en la comuna de Serralunga di Crea, Alessandria, Italia), que es parte del Sacro Monte de Crea, declarado patrimonio de la humanidad por la UNESCO desde 2003.

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[fr] Maestro di Crea

Le Maestro di Crea ou plus complètement Maestro della Cappella di Santa Margherita a Crea désigne le peintre anonyme qui entre 1474 et 1479 fut appelé par le marquis de Monferrat, Guglielmo VIII Paleologo, pour réaliser les fresques de la chapelle Sainte-Marguerite, au sanctuaire de la Madone de Crea, au Mont Sacré de Crea (Serralunga di Crea, Alexandrie).

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[it] Maestro della Cappella di Santa Margherita a Crea

Con l'appellativo di Maestro della Cappella di Santa Margherita a Crea, o più brevemente, Maestro di Crea (... – ...; fl. XV secolo), si denomina l'ignoto pittore italiano che tra il 1474 e il 1479 fu chiamato dal Marchese del Monferrato, Guglielmo VIII Paleologo, ad affrescare la cappella di Santa Margherita, nel Santuario della Madonna di Crea (sita nel Comune di Serralunga di Crea, Alessandria) e facente parte dell'omonimo Sacro Monte.

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