Scultura picta in Valtellina (1490-1505 circa)

The essay investigates Renaissance wooden sculpture both in Valtellina and in Alto Lario, between about 1490 and 1505. Specifically, the text presents the first results of a work in progress about painted wooden statues, decorated with gilding, that combines new archival researches with a recognition in these territories. The treatment focuses on the works carved by Giacomo and Giovanni Angelo Del Maino in Grosotto, Bellano, Varenna, Sernio, Tirano and Ponte in Valtellina. At the same time are presented new attributions to these sculptors, especially to Giacomo. This is a usefull topic to deal with the study of painting in Valtellina and Alto Lario. The statues were decorated by trusted painters, that collaborated closely with the carvers, such as Felice Scotti or the so called Maestro bramantesco di Grosio, who we can now indentify with the Pavese painter Andrea Clerici