The Council of Trent

Why it's great

Bishops fill a great hall at the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563 to answer the Protestant Reformation and reform the Catholic Church. Pasquale Cati painted this view of the council in 1588.

🏛️ Part of history

The Protestant Reformation (1517–1648) — Bishops fill a great hall at the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563 to answer the Protestant Reformation and reform the Catholic Church.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

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About the artist

Pasquale Cati

1550–1620 · born in Jesi · died in Rome

Pasquale Cati was an Italian painter born in Jesi in about 1550. He worked in Rome, where he painted frescoes and altarpieces for churches in the style of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. He died there in 1620.