Vincenzo Foppa of Brescia, founder of the Lombard school, his life ...

274 VINCENZO FOPPA
1463.
A picture of the Madonna painted for Francesco Sforza. Doc. No. g ;
ch. II, p. 38, and in, p. 84. Missing or not identified (?).
April, 1465. Date of payment.
Frescoes of Prophets in the Great Cloister of the Certosa near Pavia.
Ch. Ill, p. 70. Destroyed or whitewashed.
May, 1466. Negotiations relating to the work.
Altarpiece for Church of S. Maria delle Grazie, Monza. Commissioned
by the Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza and probably executed, but no further
information relating to it known. Doc. No. 11 ; ch. in, p. 72. Missing.
July and November, 147 1.
Frescoes in Chapel of St. John Baptist, Genoa. Doc. No. 19 ; ch. in,
pp. 78, 79. Destroyed.
1472.
Altarpiece, signed and dated, with single figures of Saints, in the Church of
the Maddalena, Brescia ; still existing second quarter of seventeenth century.
Ch. Ill, pp. 79, 80. Destroyed (?) or Missing (?).
1474-1476.
The Ancona for the Chapel of the Relics, Pavia, by Foppa and other
painters. The following panels are known to have been executed : A large
Majestas with shutters ; The Crucifixion on a gold ground ; The Madonna ;
The Annunciation, with the Madonna and Child between St. Catherine and
St. John Baptist on the reverse (Inventory 1487, items i, 2, 4 and 5)
; 200
panel paintings with figures of saints c. 18 inches in height formed part of the
original design, but not known whether all were executed. Docs. Nos. 20,
21, 23, 29; ch. IV, pp. 97, 98, 104, 105. Destroyed (?) or Missing (?).
July 10, 1475 (Contract), to January 1477 (Final payment).
Frescoes in the Church of S. Giacomo della Vernavola, Pavia, for
Zaccarina Lonati Beccaria ; the principal part by Foppa with the co-operation
of the painters employed with him in the Chapel of the Relics. Docs. Nos.
27, 28, 30, 31 ; ch. IV, pp. 109-113. Destroyed.
After March 25, 1475, before July, 1476. (Doubtful if by Foppa.)
Painting (Altarpiece ?) of the Beato Simonino, Averoldi Chapel, Church
of the Carmine, Brescia ; still existing end of eighteenth century. Ch. iv,
pp. 114-117. Missing.