Soffitto a Cassettoni

Panelled Ceiling
Date
1528
Material/Technique

The barrel vault is decorated with wooden coffering and fifty panels depicting “Prophets and Patriarchs”, skillfully realised by the students of Tiziano. The three central frames illustrate The Virgin and Child, St Francis, and St Clare. It was begun by Pier Maria and Gerolamo Pennacchi and continued by Vincenzo dalle Destre and Lattanzio da Rimini.

  • view of ceiling vault
  • detail: ceiling vault, paintings of prophets and patriarchs
  • Detail of vault: the Prophet Jeremiah (written in Latin, Hieremias)
  • view of ceiling vault
  • Interior: Crossing
  • Interior: Nave