:Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel

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 began designing the master of 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 {{lang|es|Museo del Prado}}.

The group consists of 16 items, 9 of which are kept at the MNAC[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=fce3ac54f2987b63332300a72fa27ff58fbe6216fdddd677b896b59423ea837a?inventoryNumber=005674-CJT&lang=en 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.[http://www.museodelprado.es/enciclopedia/enciclopedia-on-line/voz/carracci-anibal/ Museo del Prado]

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---- | 1	200px	Apostles around the Empty Sepulchre	Carracci and Francesco Albani	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=024284-000 Apòstols al voltant del Sepulcre buit]
2	200px	Miracle of the Roses	Carracci, Francesco Albani and Domenico Zampieri	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=005677-000 Miracle de les roses al web del MNAC]
3	200px	Assumption of the Virgin	Carracci and Albani	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=005676-000&lang=en# Obra al web del MNAC]
4	200px	Everlasting Father	Carracci and Albani	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=024282-000 Obra al web del MNAC]
5	200px	Healing the Man Born Blind	Carracci and Albani	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=005675-000&lang=en Obra al web del MNAC]
6	75px	Saint Paul	Carracci and Albani	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=005674-000&lang=en Obra al web del MNAC]
7	75px	Saint Peter	Carracci and Albani	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=005678-000&lang=en Obra al web del MNAC]
8	200px	Predicació de Sant Dídac	Carracci and Sisto Badalocchio	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=024283-000&lang=en Obra al web del MNAC]
9	200px	Apparition of Saint Didacus above his sepulchre-	Carraci and Sisto Badalocchio	MNAC	[http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=58ee701a8a8ab59cb7af9ffa52ae2c4b688b1b5f6592c55fbd5cf226ab2999c1?inventoryNumber=024285-000&lang=en Obra al web del MNAC]
10	200px	Apoteosis de san Francisco		Museo del Prado	Museo del Prado, p. 76
11	200px	Apoteosis de Santiago el mayor		Museo del Prado	Museo del Prado, p. 77
12	200px	Apoteosis de san Lorenzo		Museo del Prado	Museo del Prado, p. 78
13-17		Escenas de San Diego de Alcalá, titular de la capilla		Museo del Prado	Museo del Prado, pp. 79, 2908, 2909, 2910

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• [http://art.mnac.cat/fitxatecnica.html;jsessionid=47ebcd8e6d370c6926ffc938f57f3dd871295ffedac166160908977bcfde952b?inventoryNumber=071447-CJT&lang=en The artwork at Museum's website]

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