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Oratorio di Santa Cecilia

Oratorio di Santa Cecilia

Year

1359

Style

Renaissance

Type

chapel

Attached to the portico of San Giacomo Maggiore in the university quarter, the Oratorio di Santa Cecilia contains one of the most complete Renaissance fresco cycles in Italy, painted in ten panels starting in 1505 by Francesco Francia…

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Oratorio di Santa Cecilia
Oratorio di Santa Cecilia
Oratorio di Santa Cecilia
Oratorio di Santa Cecilia

Timeline

  1. 1505-1506

    Decoration

    Francesco Francia painted part of the ten-panel fresco cycle on the life of Saint Cecilia between 1505 and 1506, working alongside Lorenzo Costa and Amico Aspertini for the Bentivoglio court. His scenes include the marriage of Cecilia and…

    Francesco Francia

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