Oratorio di Santa Maria della Consolazione (1500)
Number 133-7 Corso Garibaldi
Possibly the ex-Oratorio di
Santa Maria della Consolazione
The Confraternita di Santa Maria della Consolazione, which originally met in the crypt of Santa Maria Novella (later San Benedetto dei Condotti) built this oratory to house the Gonfalon della Consolazione (see below), which they had commissioned from Perugino. The confraternity was suppressed in 1797, but it re-opened and merged with the Confraternita di San Pietro Martire (see Walk IV) in 1801.
By 1822, when Serfino Sieppi wrote his guide to Perugia, the oratory near the remains of the Porta di San Cristoforo had deteriorated into a "miserable hovel". However, he could still discern the facade with its two doors, each of which led to a chapel with an altar on its back wall. The house at number 133-7 Corso Garibaldi, with its fine white stone facade, might be the original oratory.
Works Removed from the Oratory
Gonfalon della Consolazione (1496-8)
The Confraternita della Consolazione commissioned this banner from Perugino, using a series of subventions from the Commune. When not in use for processions, the banner adorned the altar of their oratory in the crypt of Santa Maria Novella (later known as San Benedetto dei Condotti). However, this was considered to be an unsuitable location for such a prestigious work of art and (as desscribed above) they built this oratory to house it.
When
the confraternity was suppressed in 1797, one of its members hid the
banner in his home in order to avoid confiscation by the French. The
confraternity re-opened and merged with the Confraternita di San Pietro
Martire in 1801, and the banner was moved to their oratory (see Walk IV) . It entered the Galleria Nazionale (Room 22) in 1863.
Crucifixion (1522)
This fresco, which is dated, is attributed variously to Mariano di Ser Austerio or Pompeo Cocchi. It was detached from the right wall of the oratory in 1902 and is now in the deposit of the Galleria Nazionale.
Return to Walk V.