Artwork Info: St. Charles Borromeo baptises a baby in the Lazaret

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St. Charles Borromeo baptises a baby in the Lazaret

5.0 x 278.0 cm
Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese

Alessandro Tiarini (1577 – 1668)

Alessandro Tiarini (1577-1668) was a prominent Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. Known for religious frescoes, altarpieces & emotive scenes like 'Grieving over a Dead Jesus'. Explore his works influenced by Carracci, Passignano & more!

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!

The painting was commissioned by the Theatine fathers of St. Vincent church in Piacenza and it represents the episode in which St. Charles Borromeo visits the Lazaret to give the sick the comfort of sacraments. It resumes the iconography of a well-known painting of that period by Ludovico Carracci, made for the abbey of Nonantola.