The Purification — Carlo Francesco Nuvolone

The Purification


Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (1609 - 1662)

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (1609-1662) was a leading Lombard painter known as 'the Guido of Lombardy'. Explore his religious frescoes, portraits & altarpieces influenced by Reni, Procaccini & Van Dyck.

Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese (Piacenza, Italy)

Explore the Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza, Italy! Discover 500 years of history with masterpieces like Botticelli's "Tondo," ancient artifacts (the Liver of Piacenza!), and a unique carriage collection. A cultural gem awaits!

This altarpiece was commissioned by the Congregation of the Merchants of Piacenza for St. Vincent’s church and it represents, with refined softness, the double episode related by Luke the Evangelist: according to the Jewish laws, forty days after childbirth, the Virgin Mary goes to the Temple of Jerusalem to purify herself and to redeem Jesus through the sacrifice of a lamb (for the Jews a new-born child belongs to God and not to its parents).