Guido Reni draws Beatrice Cenci in
Prison
Achille Leonardi (ca. 1800-1870),
Private Collection, Rome |
The Trial
10 August, 1599 Beatrice meets her
lawyer
Her Lawyer
argued in his defense that Francesco Cenci treated his wife brutally and
committed incest with Beatrice
11 September 1599
Beatrice, Giacomo and Lucrezia were beheaded. Bernardo was
sent to the galleys. The papacy confiscated all the Cenci
properties.
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