Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci of Santa Maria della Carmine in Florence
by MASACCIO

Although only partly by Masaccio, the Brancacci Chapel frescoes stand as Masaccio's most influential work and the one upon which rests his historical position as the first painter of the renaissance. His share in the work was probably done during 1427 and consisted of the Expulsion on the left inner pilaster, the Tribute Money and part of the Raising of the Son of Theophilus and St Peter Enthroned on the left wall. He also painted three scenes dealing with the life of St Peter on the altar wall, the fourth is by Masolino. Already famous in the fifteenth century, artists and art students paid their homage to these frescoes by studying and copying them.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
View of the Cappella Brancacci (after restoration)
1426-82
Fresco
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

1000*1181
True Color
185 Kb



View of the Cappella Brancacci (before restoration)
1426-82
Fresco
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

900*1150
True Color
167 Kb



Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci (left view)
1426-82
Fresco
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

974*754
True Color
110 Kb



Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci (right view)
1426-82
Fresco
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

970*756
True Color
117 Kb



Medallion
1426-27
Fresco
Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

610*640
True Color
105 Kb




Summary of paintings by MASACCIO
Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci
Pisa Altarpiece
Trinity in the Santa Maria Novella
Various panel paintings