ANDREA DA FIRENZE
(active 1343-1377, Firenze)

The Church as the Path to Salvation (detail)

1366-67
Fresco
Cappellone degli Spagnoli, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

In front of the side wall of the Cathedral, we can see the hierarchic order of the medieval society: the Pope, at his left the Emperor and King, a prince. Before them are laymen at the right; then noblemen and knights, merchant, scholar, finally women and the lower ranks of the society.




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