Oratorio di San Lorenzo
1569
Baroque
chapel
Commissioned by the confraternity of San Francesco d'Assisi, the Oratorio di San Lorenzo was decorated by Giacomo Serpotta with a stucco program that many consider the high point of his career, culminating in the side-wall relief…
Timeline
- 1699-1706
Giacomo Serpotta covered the walls with the stucco programme the oratory is known for, allegorical figures of the Virtues and eight relief scenes from the lives of Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence.
Giacomo Serpotta
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