A citation to Pio Monte della Misericordia's own institutional website, directly examined, naming the painting's commission history, its cost of 400 ducats, its patron among the confraternity's seven founders, and an iconographic identification of each of the seven works of mercy within the composition. Its strength is that this is the church confraternity that commissioned the work and has housed it as its altarpiece since 1607, an institutional custodian source. Its limit is that it does not itself state the canvas's physical dimensions, which are instead drawn from established art historical consensus.
Facts
Citation
AuthorPio Monte della Misericordia
PublisherPio Monte della Misericordia
URLhttps://piomontedellamisericordia.it/en/caravaggio/
Source TypeHeritage body
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The commissioning and custodian institution's own website, an institutional primary source for this altarpiece. Claims Backed By This Source (30 claims)
This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 16 claims: 12 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
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