Inv. Scu 960 The largest fragment shows a perimeter wall in the foreground. It is made of squared blocks, crowned by merlons. There are eight tambourine and two flutes in front of it. On the left, there is a leafy…
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The Baptism of the Christ
Inv. Pc 35 The picture belongs to the early work of the Venetian artist. Here, Domenico Tintoretto revisits the theme of the Baptism, painted in 1579-81 by his father Jacopo for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice. The…
St. Francis Adoring the Crucifix
Inv. Pc 148 Oil on canvas. The work is datable about 1583-84. Ludovico Carracci Saint Francis of Assisi One of the most popular figures of religious devotion from the Middle Ages, St. Francis founded the Franciscan Order. His iconography is…
Self-Portrait
Inv. Pc 66 The inscription to the lower part states that the man is Guido Reni and specifies that it is a self portrait. In spite of an obvious relation to the Emilian painter’s style, it is not certain either…
Madonna and Child
Inv. Pc 195 This small devotional work had previously been attributed, without a real basis, to Carlo Cignani. The iconography of the Virgo Lactans (Madonna feeding the Child) goes back to early Christian art: particularly widespread during the Middle Ages…
Ecce Homo
Inv. Pc 220 Oil on wood. This is a refined copy, probably executed towards the end of XVI century, of a picture by the Emilian painter Antonio Allegri, called Correggio (1494-1534), who painted it about 1525-28. Correggio Ecce homo It…
The Trinity
Inv. Pc 102 This painting that dates from about 1400, was probably the central panel of a polyptych. This iconography of the the Trinity – the Father supporting Christ’s cross and, between the two, the Holy Spirit disguised as a…
Diana and Endymion
Inv. Pc 149 The artist painted this work for his friend Bonaventura Argenti, musician of the Cappella Pontificia, about 1660. The delicate subject is taken from the Dialogues of the Gods, by Lucianus: the shepherd Endymion obtains eternal youth from…
Funerary stele of a young girl with dove
Inv. Scu 987 Funerary stele of a young girl with dove. The funerary stele depicts the side view of a young girl with dove in her right hand. The facial features are archaic, as is the rendering of the clothing,…
Statue of Hadrian in toga
Inv. Scu 54 The larger-than-life statue shows the emperor Hadrian standing, resting on his left leg, his right leg slightly behind and moved to the side; his arms have been partly restored, his left bent at the elbow is extended…