ROMANESQUE PAINTER, Italian
(active c. 1100 in Rome)

St Clement celebrating the Mass

c. 1100
Fresco with secco applications
San Clemente, Rome

The crypt of the church of San Clemente is regarded as a treasure house of Romanesque painting. It boasts ninth-century frescoes in the nave and in the narthex a cycle from the early twelfth century representing the legend of St Clement.