Guido Reni's Pallione del Voto and the Plague of 1630

• Autores: Catherine Rose Puglisi
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 77, Nº 3, 1995, págs. 402-412
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Commissioned by Bologna's Senate, Guido Reni's Pallione del Voto served as the official banner in the civic votive procession celebrating the end of the 1630 plague. While traditional in composition, the work's imagery differs from contemporary Emilian plague paintings and was shaped by civic concerns particular to Bologna. Examining the iconography of Reni's banner within the historical context of the commission, this study reveals its symbolic role in the city's affirmation of traditional local devotions and its politic espousal of new cults associated with papal rule.