[1] This altarpiece, the first known signed and dated work by Ludovico, was commissioned by the senatorial Bargellini family for their chapel in the church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo, located on Via delle Lame #107 in Bologna.

The church was affiliated with the adjacent Carmelite female convent "delle convertite" (formerly fallen women or prostitutes).

The large canvas, 282 by 188 cm, depicts an enthroned Madonna and child, accompanied by angels and cherubim, while before her in adoration are Saints Dominic (standing and seemingly explaining the apparition); Francis of Assisi (in brown woolen habit and in more ecstatic adoration), and the long-haired Mary Magdalen.

Kneeling in prayer in the foreground among the saints is a portrait of Cecilia Bargellini Boncompagni as a Carmelite nun, including the detail of a mole above her right lip.

The presence of the Magdalen, patron of fallen women, befits the intended locale for the painting.