Alessandro Casolani (1552/53 - 1607) 1604

Hailed by critics as one of the artist’s masterpieces, the painting, located to the left of the high altar, was made by Casolani in his late years. The choice of this subject is almost certainly related to the fact that the canvas, just like the altar, was commissioned by the Guild of Curriers and Tanners whose patron saint was Saint Bartholomew the . . .