Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel


The Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel is group of mural painting by Annibale Carracci and collaborators, conserved between the National Art Museum of Catalonia and de Museo del Prado.

History

In 1602, the Spanish nobleman Juan Enriquez de Herrera dedicated a chapel in the church of Santiago, the Spanish Franciscan of Rome to Diego de Alcala, commissioning Saint Didacus of Alcalá Presenting Juan de Herrera's Son to Christ and frescoes from Carracci. The mural decoration, with scenes from the saint's life, was done by the Bolognese painter Annibale Carracci. In 1604 began designing the master of all the preparatory cartoons, but he came ill while personally directing the work 'in situ'. So, the work was finished by his collaborators, who included Giovanni Lanfranco Sisto Badalocchio and Francesco Albani. In the mid-nineteenth century the frescoes were uprooted and transferred to canvas and are now distributed between MNAC and Museo del Prado.

Description

The group consists of 16 items, 9 of which are kept at the MNAC and the other 7 at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. From the former church of San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli in Rome.

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1Apostles around the Empty SepulchreCarracci i Francesco AlbaniMNAC
2Miracle of the RosesCarracci, Francesco Albani i Domenico ZampieriMNAC
3Assumption of the VirginCarracci i AlbaniMNAC
4Everlasting FatherCarracci i AlbaniMNAC
5 Healing the Man Born BlindCarracci i AlbaniMNAC
6Saint PaulCarracci & AlbaniMNAC
7Saint PeterCarracci & AlbaniMNAC
8Predicació de Sant DídacCarracci & Sisto BadalocchioMNAC
9Apparition of Saint Didacus above his sepulchre-Carraci & Sisto BadalocchioMNAC
10Apoteosi de sant FrancescMuseo del Prado
11Apoteosi de sant Jaume el granMuseo del Prado
12Apoteosi de sant LlorençMuseo del Prado
13-17Escenes de San Diego de Alcalá, titular de la capellaMuseo del Prado