APPROVAL OF THE BLESSED TRINITY ORDER OR OF THE RANSOM OF THE SLAVES

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.