PRE-ROMANESQUE PAINTER, Italian
(active early 9th century in Müstair)

Ornamental band

c. 800
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair

The walls of the aisles and the apses are decorated with numerous frescoes depicting subjects from the Old and New Testaments, with architectural shapes that decorate the background in an unobtrusive manner.

The picture shows an ornamental band near the apse window.




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