Author: Baldassare D’Anna
Century: XVII°
church: Church of Santa Maria Formosa
DATE: 1619
POSITION: left transept
METHOD: oil painting on canvas
The canvas is signed by the artist and dated in 1619. The painting, commissioned by the School of the Blessed Trinity, is divided in two episodes: on the left, Pope Pio V approving the foundation of the School; on the right, the encounter between the Ambassador of Veneto and the Sultan.
