This is a fresco in memory of Bartolomeo Folesani Riviera (1722-1795), professor of surgery at the Archiginnasio and surgeon at the Hospital of Santa Maria della Vita.

He invented a tool for the tonsillectomy. 

The Egyptian-style decoration was painted in 1801 by the Bolognese painter Antonio Basoli (1774-1848), who was also a stage set designer and professor of ornamentation at the Academy of Fine Arts. 

Western side of the arcaded loggia.