1523/26 and 1537/43 Antonio Cordini aka Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1483/1546)
Sangallo
built it adjoining the Ospedale S. Giacomo
degli Incurabili (Hospital of St. James of the Incurables) that
he was expanding in that same period, due to the legacy of the Spanish priest
Antonio de Burgos who had died in 1523
1645 top
part of the FAÇADE, modernization and restoration of
the church by Giovanni Antonio De Rossi
(1616/95)
On the
façade “Madonna and Child” 1509 by Andrea Contucci aka Andrea
Sansovino (1460/1529)
INTERIOR
1645 by Giovanni
Antonio De Rossi
DOME
Frescoes in
the ribs “Assumption of the Virgin Mary with angels musicians”, in the seven
lunettes “Stories of St. James”, in the eight round medallions “Virtues” by Pietro Paolo Ubaldini (about 1614/about 1684) a pupil
of Pietro da Cortona
Stuccos
with “Marian Symbols” by Giovanni Maria Surruti and Pietro Nosedi
TO THE
RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE
“Meeting
with St. Anne” 1662 by Lorenzo Greuter (1620/68)
RIGHT
CHAPEL
Marble
altarpiece “Madonna, St. Anne, St. John the Baptist and Jesus” by Domenico De Rossi (1659/1703)
TO RIGHT OF
THE ALTAR
In the
upper part “Tomb of the physician Matteo Caccia” 1645 by Cosimo Fancelli (1620/88)
Higher
still, fresco “Annunciation” 1662 by Lorenzo Greuter
MAIN ALTAR
Fifteenth-century
altar picture “Virgin Mary and Child” set in a spectacular composition in
marble and stucco with “Glory of Angels, St. Joseph and St. Anthony” about 1685
by Francesco Brunetti
At the
sides “Birth of the Virgin Mary” and “Presentation of Mary in the Temple” 1659
by Lorenzo Greuter
TO THE LEFT
OF THE ALTAR
In the
upper part “Tomb of Antonio de Burgos” patron of the church, 1526/34, designed
by Baldassare Peruzzi (1481/1536) and executed
by an aide
Higher
still, fresco “Death of the Virgin Mary” 1662 by Lorenzo
Greuter
CHAPEL ON
THE LEFT
High relief
“Sts, James and John presented to Jesus by their mother Mary Salome” 1645 by Cosimo Fancelli
TO THE LEFT
OF THE ENTRANCE
“Rest on
the Flight into Egypt” 1662 by Lorenzo Greuter
It appears
that in the church worked at the stuccos also Pietro
Paolo Naldini (1619/91), whose almost homonymy, as well as the
contemporary period, with the painter Pietro Paolo Ubaldini has generated some
confusion among scholars
SACRISTY
Canvas
“St. James and sick in adoration of the Virgin of the Miracle” by Bernardino Gagliardi (1609/1660) with an antique frame
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