Giacomo Jaquerio
Turin 1375 ca - Turin 1453 ca
Son of painter Giovanni, who was reportedly active in Turin during the last quarter of the XIV century, Giacomo Jaquerio started working in the very early years of the following century, even if the information available is not clear as to which member of the family, whether his father or brother Matteo, is mentioned.
The first certain document on Giacomo Jaquerio is his signature, found only in 1914 on the frescoes of the abbey of Sant’Antonio of Ranverso, which can be dated around 1410, when the artist was allegedly already the head of an important workshop, judging by the numerous scenes painted for this church.
Thanks to his patron, Amadeus VIII of Savoy, Jaquerio was active in different locations of the kingdom and also painted in Geneva (Music-playing Angels frescoed in the cathedral still remain; today they are housed in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire of the Swiss city), thus expanding his international Gothic culture.
In addition to the cycles of Ranverso, Jaquerio and his workshop painted the frescoes of the Fenis castle in Aosta Valley, some miniatures and the two tables featuring the Stories of Saint Peter (part of a wider polyptych), today housed at the Museo civico d’arte antica of Turin.
