Guido Reni draws Beatrice Cenci in Prison

Achille Leonardi (ca. 1800-1870), Private Collection, Rome

The Trial

10 August, 1599 Beatrice meets her lawyer

Defense of brutal treatment and incest by Francesco Cenci

11 September 1599 Beatrice, Giacomo and Lucrezia were beheaded.   Bernardo was sent to the galleys.  The papacy confiscated all the Cenci properties.