{"id":14160,"date":"2026-01-05T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/?p=14160"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:56:31","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/news\/curiosita\/sacrestia-artistica-chiesa-carmine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artistic Sacristy of the Church of Carmine","raw":"The Artistic Sacristy of the Church of Carmine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today it is also used for events, but what is its history?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Crossing the cloister of the Church of Carmine, you will come across the Artistic Sacristy, built in 1480, probably based on a design by architect Pietro Antonio Solari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The sacristy has a rectangular plan and one side is twice the length of the other. The ceiling is a lowered vault with lunettes and a unique umbrella-shaped solution at the four corners. Originally, the room was lit by eight symmetrical windows (four on each of the long sides). One of them was closed to accommodate a painting depicting Saint Andrew Corsini, patron saint of the Carmelite Order.

The current floor of the sacristy, with its square pattern, is made of solid wood, but the original floor was made of terracotta tiles. After 1692, the current floor was laid over the older floor.

The current furnishings of the sacristy, made of black walnut, were created between 1692 and 1700 based on a design by the Milanese architect Gerolamo Quadrio. The work was carried out by the workshop of the Valtellina woodcarver Giovanni Quadrio, who was already working in Milan and was almost certainly related to the more famous Gerolamo.

The cabinetry, which completely covers the walls up to a height of 4.90 metres, is a splendid work in Baroque style, at times almost Barocchino.

The furniture designed to hold liturgical furnishings is arranged along the two side walls in the same way: in the centre, two large, very deep, full-height cabinets with doors decorated with bas-reliefs (eight finely carved panels) alternate with counters topped by two-door cabinets; at the four corners, the wooden furniture follows the 45\u00b0 angle of the lunette of the vault and has four single-leaf glass doors: three give access to built-in cupboards and one, on the right side of the altar, leads to a hallway off the sacristy.

Above the cabinets are wooden busts of bishops and princes, while in the corners are four female medallions supported by cherubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall effect is that of an evocative and fantastical Baroque space: the carvers from Giovanni Quadrio’s workshop, inspired by the genius and imagination of architect Gerolamo Quadrio, have left us with an almost surreal environment in which architectural, sculptural and perspective aspects blend masterfully according to the canons of Baroque art.

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Crossing the cloister of the Church of Carmine, you will come across the Artistic Sacristy, built in 1480, probably based on a design by architect Pietro Antonio Solari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The sacristy has a rectangular plan and one side is twice the length of the other. The ceiling is a lowered vault with lunettes and a unique umbrella-shaped solution at the four corners. Originally, the room was lit by eight symmetrical windows (four on each of the long sides). One of them was closed to accommodate a painting depicting Saint Andrew Corsini, patron saint of the Carmelite Order.

The current floor of the sacristy, with its square pattern, is made of solid wood, but the original floor was made of terracotta tiles. After 1692, the current floor was laid over the older floor.

The current furnishings of the sacristy, made of black walnut, were created between 1692 and 1700 based on a design by the Milanese architect Gerolamo Quadrio. The work was carried out by the workshop of the Valtellina woodcarver Giovanni Quadrio, who was already working in Milan and was almost certainly related to the more famous Gerolamo.

The cabinetry, which completely covers the walls up to a height of 4.90 metres, is a splendid work in Baroque style, at times almost Barocchino.

The furniture designed to hold liturgical furnishings is arranged along the two side walls in the same way: in the centre, two large, very deep, full-height cabinets with doors decorated with bas-reliefs (eight finely carved panels) alternate with counters topped by two-door cabinets; at the four corners, the wooden furniture follows the 45\u00b0 angle of the lunette of the vault and has four single-leaf glass doors: three give access to built-in cupboards and one, on the right side of the altar, leads to a hallway off the sacristy.

Above the cabinets are wooden busts of bishops and princes, while in the corners are four female medallions supported by cherubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall effect is that of an evocative and fantastical Baroque space: the carvers from Giovanni Quadrio's workshop, inspired by the genius and imagination of architect Gerolamo Quadrio, have left us with an almost surreal environment in which architectural, sculptural and perspective aspects blend masterfully according to the canons of Baroque art.

Source: Chiesa del Carmine<\/a><\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":2,"featured_media":14161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_it_post_content":"\n\n\n\n\n

Attraversando il Chiostro della Chiesa del Carmine si incontra la Sacrestia Artistica, costruita nel 1480, probabilmente su progetto dell\u2019architetto Pietro Antonio Solari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La sacrestia ha pianta rettangolare e presenta un lato doppio dell\u2019altro. Il soffitto \u00e8 a volta ribassata e lunettata con ai quattro spigoli una singolare soluzione ad ombrello. In origine il vano era illuminato da otto finestre simmetriche (quattro per parte sui lati lunghi). Una di esse \u00e8 stata chiusa per collocare una tela raffigurante Sant\u2019Andrea Corsini, santo dell\u2019Ordine carmelitano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019attuale pavimento della sacrestia con motivo a riquadri \u00e8 in massello di legno, ma il pavimento originario era in elementi di cotto. Dopo il 1692, l\u2019attuale pavimento venne sovrapposto al pavimento pi\u00f9 antico.
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L\u2019attuale arredamento della sacrestia in legno di noce nero \u00e8 stato realizzato tra il 1692 e il 1700 su disegno dell\u2019architetto milanese Gerolamo Quadrio. L\u2019esecuzione dei lavori si deve alla bottega dell\u2019intagliatore valtellinese Giovanni Quadrio, gi\u00e0 operante a Milano e quasi senz\u2019altro imparentato col pi\u00f9 noto Gerolamo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019armadiatura, che riveste completamente le pareti fino ad un\u2019altezza di m. 4,90 costituisce una splendida opera in stile barocco, a tratti quasi barocchetto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I mobili destinati a contenere le suppellettili liturgiche si articolano nelle due pareti laterali secondo la medesima tipologia: al centro due grandi armadi a tutta altezza, molto profondi e con le porte decorate nella parte superiore da bassorilievi (otto formelle finemente intagliate) si alternano a banconi con soprastante alzata a due ante; in corrispondenza dei quattro angoli, l\u2019arredo ligneo segue l\u2019andamento a 45\u00b0 della lunetta della volta e presenta quattro porte a vetri con un solo battente: tre danno accesso ad armadi a muro e una, sul fianco destro dell\u2019altare, porta ad un locale di disimpegno della sacrestia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sopra gli armadi sono posti busti lignei di presuli e di principi, mentre agli angoli sono collocati quattro medaglioni femminili sostenuti da putti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lo sguardo d\u2019insieme ci trasmette l\u2019effetto di uno spazio barocco suggestivo e fantastico: gli intagliatori della bottega di Giovanni Quadrio, ispirati dalla genialit\u00e0 e fantasia dell\u2019architetto Gerolamo Quadrio, ci hanno lasciato un ambiente quasi surreale in cui gli aspetti architettonici, scultorei e prospettici si fondono magistralmente secondo i canoni dell\u2019arte globale\u201d barocca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing the cloister of the Church of Carmine, you will come across the Artistic Sacristy, built in 1480, probably based on a design by architect Pietro Antonio Solari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The sacristy has a rectangular plan and one side is twice the length of the other. The ceiling is a lowered vault with lunettes and a unique umbrella-shaped solution at the four corners. Originally, the room was lit by eight symmetrical windows (four on each of the long sides). One of them was closed to accommodate a painting depicting Saint Andrew Corsini, patron saint of the Carmelite Order.

The current floor of the sacristy, with its square pattern, is made of solid wood, but the original floor was made of terracotta tiles. After 1692, the current floor was laid over the older floor.

The current furnishings of the sacristy, made of black walnut, were created between 1692 and 1700 based on a design by the Milanese architect Gerolamo Quadrio. The work was carried out by the workshop of the Valtellina woodcarver Giovanni Quadrio, who was already working in Milan and was almost certainly related to the more famous Gerolamo.

The cabinetry, which completely covers the walls up to a height of 4.90 metres, is a splendid work in Baroque style, at times almost Barocchino.

The furniture designed to hold liturgical furnishings is arranged along the two side walls in the same way: in the centre, two large, very deep, full-height cabinets with doors decorated with bas-reliefs (eight finely carved panels) alternate with counters topped by two-door cabinets; at the four corners, the wooden furniture follows the 45\u00b0 angle of the lunette of the vault and has four single-leaf glass doors: three give access to built-in cupboards and one, on the right side of the altar, leads to a hallway off the sacristy.

Above the cabinets are wooden busts of bishops and princes, while in the corners are four female medallions supported by cherubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall effect is that of an evocative and fantastical Baroque space: the carvers from Giovanni Quadrio's workshop, inspired by the genius and imagination of architect Gerolamo Quadrio, have left us with an almost surreal environment in which architectural, sculptural and perspective aspects blend masterfully according to the canons of Baroque art.

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