Annibale Carracci. The Frescoes from the Herrera Chapel

Annibale Carracci. The Frescoes from the Herrera Chapel reunites a group of exceptionally important wall paintings (last seen together in 1833) which can be considered the great unknown work in Annibale Carracci’s oeuvre. The surviving frescoes from the chapel of Juan Enríquez de Herrera’s family in the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome. The exhibition presents the findings of the recent restoration of the seven frescoes, housed in the Prado and studied in collaboration with the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica Palazzo Barberini in Rome. The display allows visitors to appreciate the original location of the works at different heights in the chapel and what the decorative scheme as a whole would have looked like. The paintings are shown alongside related drawings, prints that depict lost fragments, and books of funeral services of Spanish monarchs which include images of the interior of the church’s interior.

The exhibition will travel to the MNAC in July, then finally to the Palazzo Barberini in November.