UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in the 1270s in Rome)

Pope Nicholas III Presented to Christ by Sts Peter and Paul (east wall)

1278-79
Fresco
Sancta Sanctorum, Lateran Palace, Rome

The picture shows the upper zone of the east wall. The representation is divided into two fields which is unusual, but it can be explained here by the window located in the centre of the wall. The figures are characterized by rigid contours and modeling of their bodies and attire. Their faces are strongly standardized, following a fixed canon.