Spanish age

Cagliari, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Trittico della Consolazione di Michele Cavaro. Foto da MiC

It was necessary to wait until the early 16th century to witness the formation of a local pictorial school of Spanish origin. School that has its greatest exponent in Pietro Cavaro, a member of a family of Cagliari painters active for over a century in the workshops of the Stampace district.

Retablo dei Consiglieri, particolare, di Pietro Cavaro (1518; 1537). Foto di Pierluigi Dessi, da Catalogo BB CC RAS

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Pozzomaggiore, Chiesa di San Giorgio Martire. Foto di Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, da Sardegna DL

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The invention of the Holy Bodies

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