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[1] and de Museo del Prado.

Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel
Artist	Annibale Carracci
Year	1604–1606
Type	Fresco transferred to canvas
Location	Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya & Museo del Prado, Barcelona & Madrid

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[2] and the other 7 at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. From the former church of San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli in Rome.[3]

#	Imatge	Title	Authors	Museum	Reference
1		Apostles around the Empty Sepulchre	Carracci i Francesco Albani	MNAC	[4]
2		Miracle of the Roses	Carracci, Francesco Albani i Domenico Zampieri	MNAC	[5]
3		Assumption of the Virgin	Carracci i Albani	MNAC	[6]
4		Everlasting Father	Carracci i Albani	MNAC	[7]
5		Healing the Man Born Blind	Carracci i Albani	MNAC	[8]
6		Saint Paul	Carracci & Albani	MNAC	[9]
7		Saint Peter	Carracci & Albani	MNAC	[10]
8		Predicació de Sant Dídac	Carracci & Sisto Badalocchio	MNAC	[11]
9		Apparition of Saint Didacus above his sepulchre-	Carraci & Sisto Badalocchio	MNAC	[12]
10		Apoteosi de sant Francesc		Museo del Prado	[13]
11		Apoteosi de sant Jaume el gran		Museo del Prado	[14]
12		Apoteosi de sant Llorenç		Museo del Prado	[15]
13-17		Escenes de San Diego de Alcalá, titular de la capella		Museo del Prado	[16]

References

1. Guide of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. MNAC, 2004. ISBN 84-8043-136-9
2. The artwork at MNAC's Website
3. Museo del Prado
4. Apòstols al voltant del Sepulcre buit
5. Miracle de les roses al web del MNAC
6. Obra al web del MNAC
7. Obra al web del MNAC
8. Obra al web del MNAC
9. Obra al web del MNAC
10. Obra al web del MNAC
11. Obra al web del MNAC
12. Obra al web del MNAC
13. P-76
14. P-77
15. P-78
16. P-79, P-2908, P2909 i P-2910

External links

• The artwork at Museum's website