E. Ghetti – A new Girolamo Troppa’s altarpiece in Pergola

The essay aims at presenting an interesting addition to the catalogue of Girolamo Troppa (1636-1711), a gifted and prolific painter born in Rocchette in Sabina (RI), appointed “Cavaliere” by 1686, whose spent his career between Rome and the provinces of the Papal State. The new addition depicts The Blessed Sacrament adored by Saints and is located in the Church of Sant’Andrea, in Pergola (PU). It came from the ruined Church of San Pietro, where it adorned the altar of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. Among the various comparisons the one with the Madonna del Latte in Rieti is significant, but even more so is the comparison with the drawing of a similar subject now at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne.

Girolamo Troppa, Pergola