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.