The memorial dedicated to the Fornasari brothers

This memorial (realised around 1678-1679) is dedicated to Giovan Battista and Ippolito Fornasari, both jurists, and it offers an example of the great variety of materials with which these monuments were made: in addition to the painted decoration, plaster, metal and sandstone were used too.
The double portrait of the Fornasari brothers overlooks the large allusive fresco, which represents the two legislators’ justice and law activities.

The fresco was realised by Giovanni Antonio Burrini’s work and it is a significant expression of the symbolism of the figurative culture of the Baroque age.