GRÜNEWALD, Matthias
(b. 1470/80, Würzburg, d. 1528, Halle)

Establishment of the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome (detail)

1517-19
Oil on wood
Städtische Museen, Freiburg im Breisgau

The detail shows Pope Liberius who, according to tradition, established the Santa Maria Maggiore on the Esquiline hill in Rome.