Giacomo Triga

He served for a time as court painter to the Marquis Gerolamo Theodoli.

[1] In 1715 he received a papal commission to paint the Meeting of Saints Ignatius and Polycarp for San Clemente al Laterano.

In 1726 he painted the Martyrdom of Saint Paul for Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio.

[3] The Marquis refurbished the family chapel at Santa Maria del Popolo The paintings were restored and refreshed by Triga.

[1] He was a member of the Accademia di San Luca and the congregation of the Virtuosi del Pantheon.

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St Benedict destroys the idol of Apollo