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Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo
Crucified Christ
Charity of St. Lawrence
Sibyl Samia
application
Rape of Proserpina
Bacchus
Fight between Perseus and Phineus
Dead Christ mourned by two angels
Portrait of Giovanni Luca Durazzo
Rape of Proserpina
Adonis
Christ at the column
Dionysus
Bust of Flora
Jupiter and Astrea
The torture of Prometheus
The Triumph of Bacchus
The fame of the Balbi
Putties
Putties
Become a danzanti
Secretary
Mantel clock
The impiety of Niobe
Consol
Night clock

Charity of St. Lawrence

Bernardo Strozzi, detto il Cappuccino

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Royal Palace Museum

Royal Palace Museum

Via Balbi, 10, Genoa

Closed today: open Wednesday at 09:00

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San Lorenzo, one of the Genoese patron saints, is represented with great force of reality while giving alms to the poor, the cause of his sentence to die on the grill. On the left is Lorenzo, the young face barely emerges from the darkness that envelops the scene. The light hits him from behind, highlighting the broad red satin sleeve of the dalmatic, the open hand resting on the table, the delicate neck, the reddened ear, the halo. In front of the saint is a group of beggars: an old man with a white beard who grabs the chain of a censer, a woman standing with a stick and, next to it, a second figure brandishing a hanger, a little girl with folded hands looking at Lorenzo from below. Everyone wears humble clothes but they have attitudes and traits of human composure and dignity. Liturgical objects are placed on the table in the foreground. The light source, external to the visual field, is placed by the artist to the left of the observer: it strikes the figures violently, like a spotlight aimed in the dark, creating metallic flashes.
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Title: Charity of St. Lawrence

Author: Bernardo Strozzi, detto il Cappuccino

Date: s.d.

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Royal Palace Museum

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