From March 4 to April 20, the paintings will be set up along the transept and nave of St. Peter’s Basilica for prayer and viewing.
According to the Fabric of St. Peter, the office which oversees the conservation of St. Peter’s Basilica, it will be the first time that Previati’s Stations of the Cross paintings have been displayed inside a sacred building.
The 120-year-old paintings were recently restored by the Vatican Museums, which is loaning the paintings to the basilica.
“Previati created ‘The Passion’ to stimulate people to pray through art: we are happy that this intention of his, 120 years after the realization of the work (1902), has found in St. Peter’s the place where it can be realized,” a press release said.
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