Sala VI

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…