Ceiling decoration

religious

The ceiling of the library of the Santo in Padua was painted by Ferdinando Focchi, a pupil of Canuti, in a well-documented commission. The central panel by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini is surrounded by elaborate quadratura and numerous symbols of scholarship. The Virgin in the centre appears before a number of Franciscan saints as the Immaculata.

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About the Artist

Ferdinando Focchi

Ferdinando Focchi (or Fochi), Italian quadratura painter active in Bologna and Padua. He was a pupil of Domenico Maria Canuti. He worked in the Palazzo Senatorio Magnani in Bologna and in the Biblioteca Antoniana in Padua.

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