ROMANESQUE PAINTER, Italian
(active c. 1007 in Lombardy)

The Martyrdom of St Vincent

c. 1007
Fresco with secco applications
San Vicenzo Basilica, Galliano

The earliest and most important record of the revival of monumental painting on Italian soil has survived in the northern area of the Apennine peninsula, in the vicinity of Como: the apse decoration in the former parish church San Vicenzo, in Galliano near Cantu. The mural workshop which created the paintings was originated from Milan.