The new exhibition Annibale Carracci: The Frescoes in the Herrera Chapel in Madrid's Museo del Prado is dedicated to an important but rather unknown group of wall paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Annibale Carracci. The restored frescoes come from the chapel of the Juan Enriquez de Herrera family, which is located in the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome. Carracci dedicated the designs of his murals to the Franciscan saint Didacus of Alcalà. Due to illness, in 1605 he handed over the completion to Francesco Albani, a painter's pupil in Carracci's Bolognese workshop.
The exhibition at the Museo del Prado is on view until 12 June, after which it will move to the rooms of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona, where it will be open from 1 July to 2 October. Finally, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome will present the works of Carracci and his contemporaries starting in November. In addition to the wall paintings, the altarpiece Santa Maria de Montserrato as well as several drawings, prints and books will be on display. As these cannot travel on with the exhibition for conservation reasons, there will be a selection from the works on paper for each museum.
