# Arrival of the St Andrew Relic in Ancona

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TARUFFI, Emilio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/taruffi-emilio-r802819858443c6>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

This painting is above the antechoir passageway in Sant&#39;Andrea della Valle. It belongs to the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/p/preti/1valle1.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/p/preti/1valle1.html&#34;&gt;scenes from the martyrdom of St Andrew&lt;/a&gt; painted by Mattia Preti on the choir walls. Originally Preti was also supposed to paint the smaller panels above the passages to the presbytery chapels. Because of a litigation, he never actually did so, and the two panels were ultimately executed by the Albani pupils Carlo Cignani and Emilio Taruffi. The scenes - &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/c/cignani/andrew.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/c/cignani/andrew.html&#34;&gt;St Andrew Condemned by Aegeus,&lt;/a&gt; and Arrival of the St Andrew Relic in Ancona - produced jointly by the two young Bolognese artists completed the cycle.

## Attribution

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