DOMENICHINO
(b. 1581, Bologna, d. 1641, Napoli)

Window embrasure

1609-12
Fresco
Cappella dei Santi Fondatori, Abbazia di Santa Maria, Grottaferrata

The window embrasures, decorated in the style of Raphael's loggias, contain personifications of the seven virtues. The small personifications were executed with extreme care, and have been assumed to relate to the chapel's founder and the monastic community.

The picture shows a window embrasure in the chapel with Caritas.