The Herrera Chapel Exhibit

In the first years of the 17th century, the Bolognese artist Annibale Carracci made a commitment with the noble Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera to paint a fresco in the chapel of his family, founded by Diego de Herrera, in the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome. The artist conceived the whole work, dedicated to the Franciscan saint Saint Didacus of Alcalà, and began the design of all the preparatory panels. Due to an illness, from 1605 onward the project had to be delegated to Francesco Albani.