That the picture ascribed to Guido Reni in the Barberini palace is not a portrait of Beatrice in prison, appears sufficiently proved.

Guido did not come to Rome until 1608, nine years after her death; and catalogues of the Barberini gallery, compiled in 1604 and 1623, contain no mention either of a painting by Guido or of Beatrice's portrait.

The Cenci were lodged successively in the prisons of Torre di Nona, Savelli, and S.Angelo.They occupied wholesome apartments and were allowed the attendance of their own domestics.

That their food was no scanty dungeon fare appears from the _menus_ of dinners and suppers supplied to them, which include fish, flesh, fruit salad, and snow to cool the water.

In spite of powerful influence at court, Clement VIII.