The Raising of Lazarus
by TURCHI, Alessandro, Oil on slate, 36 x 27 cm
In 1617, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V, paid for two small paintings, The Raising of Lazarus and The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, both now in the Galleria Borghese. They represent Turchi’s speciality at that moment: painting on slate.