1media/Screenshot 2024-02-27 at 6.06.14 PM_thumb.png2024-02-27T15:06:08-08:00Ryan Carterf646c6045ab5d758a53090c97e9e6b93daf8b15b444042Image from Umbria Tourismplain2024-02-29T11:56:57-08:00Ryan Carterf646c6045ab5d758a53090c97e9e6b93daf8b15b
Ryan Carter, Class of 2025, College of the Holy Cross
This painting was produced somewhere in central Italy, in Umbria. Another painting made by the same artist depicting the same subject, The Adoration of the Kings, was produced in Foligno, a town in east Umbria. That fresco was commissioned to adorn one of the lower walls of the Trinici family palace, also known as the Palazzo Trinici.
Folignogained its importance because of its strategic location, which allowed the city to command the main pass between the Umbrian plain and the Adriatic coast. The town reached its peak under the rule of the powerful Trinici family, the patrons of this painting. However, Foligno eventually fell to the Papal States, ending Trinici rule.