Side and confessional altars

Giovan Pietro Cremona (or Cremoni) 1713

Member of a family of Coroplastic artists originally from Arosio, a small village in Malcantone in the Canton of Ticino, mainly active outside the borders of their homeland. Many of them left traces of their activity in Tuscany, especially in Siena as well as in Umbria. The activity of Giovan Pietro, the best known representative of the family, is documented in the Umbrian centre of Città della Pieve. Nephew of Stefano Cremona, also active in Siena, was almost certainly born in Arosio, maybe in 1684. The first reports indicate that he was active in Città della Pieve, where he painted stuccoes with his brothers - from 1713 to 19 May 1714 – decorations of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in the Duomo of the Saints Gervasio and Protasio. In the same church, the Cremona family also worked on the decorations of the altars dedicated to the Saints James, John and Anthony together with the execution of the medallions. This work was completed in 1723, when Giovan Pietro was by now established in Siena, where he resided with his brother Bartholomew in the parish of Saint Mustiola of the Rose.