Aimone Duce
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Aimone Duce (also called Aimo Dux and Dux Aymo; fl. 1417–1444) was an Italian painter active at the court of Savoy-Acaia. He was a native of Pavia, in Lombardy. Although few of Aimone's works survive, and records of his life and art are scant, he is much studied in Piedmont art history.[1] A late gothic painter, his works are considered to be of high quality by Piedmont art scholars, showing the influence of his Lombardian origins and probable training.[2][3] Aimone was a contemporary of Giacomo Jaquerio and they had the patronage of the lords of Savoy in common.[1]
Works of Aimone are known at three locations. Major fresco cycles are painted in two churches of the Pineroloese: The Cappella di Missione at Villafranca Piemonte and the Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta[a] in the hamlet of Stella at Macello. A third, less extensive, fresco is in the church of San Pietro at Pianezza.[3][1]
His extant works in the Villafranca Piemonte chapel include a cycle of frescoes. One wall of the sanctuary depicts an allegorical Cavalcade of the Deadly Sins with the theological virtues shown above, the earliest known work on such a theme within the Piedmont.[5] There are a series of saints on both the left and right walls.
The final work attributed to Aimone is a fresco of Saint Sebastian's martyrdom in the parish church of San Pietro at Pianezza, an ex-voto commissioned following an episode of plaque that struck the town in 1428.[1]
See also
- From Italian Wikipedia (in Italian):
- Cappella di Missione, the mission chapel of Villafranca Piemonte
- Savoia-Acaia, branch of the house of Savoy and patrons of the artist
- Pieve di San Pietro, the parish church of Saint Peter the apostle in Pianezza
