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 the upper left part of the fresco, St Peter is seen showing men and women the way to the gate of the heaven. Peter, at the opening of the gate, grants entry to a throng of elect who are being crowned with wreaths by angels.




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