Fiorentini before and after

I suspect, on contrary, I know that I have bored for Domenico Fiorentini, but he has, involuntary, bored me, and very much, because I find, sometime some fresco and his work, then I hope that I have ended to this fresco, that was commissioned by Battenti Company in church of saint Michael Archangel of Sermoneta(Fig.1), but peculiarity of this painting is one, this is second painting, this is Pity(Fig.2) is following to Cross fixion(Fig.1), then it is a sort of Via Crucis that has two moments alone, but it is sufficient for members of this religious company, this is before pain and after sorrow, because this company ordered that every member to Saint Wednesday they must whip them self; then paint and sorrow as Christ, this is Cross fixion and sorrow of Madonna; all this way is suggested by two fresco that remembered to members religious charges of Company. I identified Fiorentini on this painting owing to felts of sheet of Piety(Fig.2), too cured so much these remember those of Saint John Baptist on the other painting of Fiorentini(Fig.3). The body of Christ is very similar to body of Christ in the Cross fixion in same church, with date 1799(Figs.4-5), same muscles and same density, although body of Christ of Pity is not much looking(Fig.2); same fingers that we find again on the altarpiece dated 1799(Figs.6-8). Then Fiorentini has painted this fresco is same date of this altarpiece, then on 1799 of some years after, whereas on the door of Battenti has worked during his youth. 

Alessandro Lusana    

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