Sant'Apollonia Altarpiece is a 1761 oil on canvas painting by

Pietro Scalvini Pietro Scalvini (1718–1792) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque and Neoclassic period, active in Brescia. He was inspired by TiepoloFigure della storia e della cronaca - Volume 26 - Page 819, by Paolo Guerrini - 1986. and active in fresc ...

, still on its original site on a side altar in the church of

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in Brescia. Its central figures are Saint Apollonia adoring the Madonna and Child, with

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and

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at lower left and cherubs holding the palms and crowns of martyrdom at lower right. A group of "devoted boys" requested an altar dedicated to Apollonia in the church on 12 April 1760 and one was granted them by father Guardiano Fortunato.Archivio storico di Brescia, Fondo di Religione, registro 97Begni Redona, p. 175 They commissioned a painting for it. It escaped the art confiscations under the

Republic of Brescia The Republic of Brescia ( it, Repubblica bresciana) was a temporary French client republic in Italy. Established March 18, 1797, in the wake of the French occupation of Brescia and Bergamo, it became part of the Cisalpine Republic November 20, 1797 ...

and is still in its original location.

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