page_title: San Francesco, Ferrara
section_title: Inventory of San Francesco in 1773
hierarchical_section_title: San Francesco, Ferrara / Inventory of San Francesco in 1773
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Ferrara
context_page_description: San Francesco is a late-Renaissance, Roman Catholic minor basilica church located on via Terranuova in Ferrara, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
context_section_description: A guide to the city from 1773 chronicles the rich patrimony of San Francesco prior to the Napoleonic suppression.
  The ceiling of the choir was frescoed by Francesco Ferrari. Three large canvases behind the main altar, a Deposition, Resurrection, and Assumption of Christ, were painted by Domenico Mona; below half-figures of Saints were painted by Niccolò Roselli. The chancel had two canvases flanking the altar, depicting a Virgin at the Temple and Christ among the Doctors by either Antonio Bonfanti or his brother.
  The first chapel to the right of the nave held a stucco Immaculate Conception by Angiolo Pio with angels by Pietro Turchi. The next chapel belonged to the Rondinoli family. The following chapel had an image of the Blessed Andrea Conti by Giuseppe Alemani.
  Below the organ at the choir, was an altar of the Novari family with a St Jerome attributed to Tomaso Laureatti and a St Francis attributed to Garofalo. The door entering had an Altar of the Assumption of the Virgin painted by Carpi, copied by Scarsellino. The original was taken to Rome. Adjacent walls had  canvases of St Francis and various saints by Gabrielle Capellini, and an Ascent of Christ attributed to Niccolò Roselli.
  The interior organ panels depicted an Annunciation, and St Francis by Ortolano; the outside panels, an Angel of the Annunciation and  St Antony of Padua by Giacomo Griego. The parapet before the organ a David and half figures of St Francis and Antony attributed to Garofalo; other saints by Bononi.
  The first chapel (Montachiese family) of the nave had an altarpiece of the Burial of Christ, attributed to either the Flemish Arrigo Clochero or the Milanese Ambrogio Fighini. It was flanked by a St John Evangelist by followers of Dossi, and a St Luke, a copy of a Pordenone work by Giuseppe Cremonesi.
  The next chapel had a Virgin with St Elisabeth Queen of Hungary and Blessed Solomea by Giovanni Braccioli; the wall has an Annuciation by Francesco Naselli, and a Coronation of the Virgin by Scarsellino.
  The next chapel houses a Holy Family by Ortolano; a God the father above by Garofalo, on walls; a Marriage of the Virgin by Leonello Bononi; and a Holy family with St Joseph attributed to either a follower of Naselli or the Flemish Giovanni Vengembes.
  The next chapel had an altarpiece of the Virgin with Sts John the Baptist, Sebastian, and Bonaventure by Giuseppe Mazzuoli, a Salvatori nella Cimazio by Carlo Bononi. The walls had a St Francis receiving stigmata from Jesus-child by Monio; a Last Supper by Dionigio Calvart, others by Giovanni Vengembes.
  The Riminaldi chapel housed an altarpiece depicting Rest on Flight to Egypt by Garofalo. The walls had a relief of the Nativity by Pietro Turchi. The next chapel (Bonacossi) had a Byzantine icon, the Virgin of St Luke. The parapet of the altar had an image of the Blessed Giovanni da Tossignano attributed to Garofolo. The marble pulpit was sculpted in 1623 by the Codegori family.
  The Trotti chapel had an altarpiece of the Enthroned Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Bonaventure, and Jerome by Garofolo, flanked by two old panels with San Fiorentino, Sant' Antonino Martiri, and a third with St Bernardino by Cosimo Tura.
  The last chapel clockwise (first on left, the Argenti chapel) had a marble altar with a Christ in Gesthemane, attributed to Girolamo Lombardi, Ferrara and God the Father by Garofalo, along with the still present Capture of Christ in the Garden.
  The nave and counter facade were frescoed by Giuseppe Filippi. The statues of St Francis and St Anthony in the facade niches are by Antonio Magni.
  The 2nd chapel of the right nave (Lombardini) had an Addolorata statue attributed to the studio of the Lombardi. The 3rd chapel had a Virgin with Franciscan Saints, San Carlo and a Holy Bishop by Francesco Parolini. The 4th chapel had a Massacre of the Innocents attributed to Guercino, and below are Adoration of the Magi, Circumcision, and Repose in Egypt with superior oval depicting Flight to Egypt, all attributed to Garofalo; Statues of Hosea and Jeremiah sculpted by Andrea Ferreri.
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caption: Apse with choir and main altar with three Mona canvases.
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