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Title

Virgin and Child whit Saints

Date

Beginning of the 13th century
Medium
Fresco

Dimensions

216×735 cm

Origin

Form the Church of San Crisante e Daria, Filetto (L’Aquila)

Collection

Position

Inventory
OPA 223
Description

This large fresco, detached from the southern wall in the 1970s, comes from the ancient Church of San Crisante and Daria in Filetto, which was built in the 12th century. In it, an artist with a still Byzantine-influenced style, depicted the Madonna on a throne with nine saints, including Saint Crisante and Saint Daria.

Other artworks

Conversion of Placidus (Eustace)
Madonna and Child Enthroned
Eustace and his family leave their plague-stricken home
Martyrdom of Eustace and his family

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