Resumen de Una sconosciuta pala di Francesco Albani a Napoli
The author presents an unpublished altarpiece by the Bolognese painter Francesco Albani, housed in the Basilica of the Incoronata Madre del Buon Consiglio in Naples. A mature work by the artist, this grand canvas of "The Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Andrew, Peter, Paul and Franceis of Assisi", adopts a composition Albani used several times, in the altarpiece painted for Santa Maria dei Servi in Rimini and in those for the Collegiate Church in San Giovanni in Persiceto. Given how it relates to a specific local context, it is possible that this is the painting recorded in the eighteenth centruy by Marcello Oretti in the Napolitan church of San Giovanni in Porta.
