The mural paintings from the Herrera Chapel are a group of mural paintings by Annibale Carracci and collaborators, of around 1602, now divided between the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona,Guide of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. MNAC, 2004. and the in Madrid.
They are frescoes that were painted for a chapel in Rome around 1604, but later transferred to canvas and moved to Spain by 1851.
History In 1602, the Spanish nobleman Juan Enriquez de Herrera dedicated a chapel to the Spanish Franciscan Saint (Didacus or) Diego de Alcala in what is now Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore in Rome, but was then "Saint James of the Spanish", the Spanish national church in Rome. He commissioned 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, this master began designing all the preparatory cartoons, but he became 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.
The Spanish national church in Rome later became the new Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, and the old church was cleared of its artworks. The frescoes in the Herrera chapel were transferred to canvas at the request of the sculptor Antonio Solá, at the expense of Ferdinand VII (d. 1833), and arrived in Spain in 1851. They are now distributed between MNAC and .
Description The group consists of 16 items, 9 of which are kept at the MNAC The artwork at MNAC's Website and the other 7 at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. From the former church of San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli in Rome.Museo del Prado
+ # Image Title Authors Museum Reference 1 Apostles around the Empty Sepulchre Carracci and Francesco Albani MNAC Apòstols al voltant del Sepulcre buit 2 Miracle of the Roses Carracci, Francesco Albani and Domenico Zampieri MNAC Miracle de les roses al web del MNAC 3 Assumption of the Virgin Carracci and Albani MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 4 Everlasting Father Carracci and Albani MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 5 Healing the Man Born Blind Carracci and Albani MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 6 Saint Paul Carracci and Albani MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 7 Saint Peter Carracci and Albani MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 8 Saint Didacus Preaching Carracci and Sisto Badalocchio MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 9 Apparition of Saint Didacus above his sepulchre Carracci and Sisto Badalocchio MNAC Obra al web del MNAC 10 Apotheosis of Saint Francis Carracci and workshop Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-76 11 Apotheosis of Saint James the Greater Carracci and workshop Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-77 12 Apotheosis of Saint Lawrence Carracci and workshop Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-78 13 Saint Didacus Receiving Alms Carracci and Albani Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-2798 14 Saint Didacus Receiving the Franciscan Habit Carracci and Albani Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-2908 15 The Miraculous Refection Carracci and Albani Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-2909 16 Saint Didacus Saves the Boy Sleeping in the Oven Carracci and Albani Museo del Prado Museo del Prado P-2910
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The artwork at Museum's website