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Quite close to Müstair in the Venosta region of south Tyrol lies the little town of Malles with its simple little Benedictine church. In the Carolingian era, this church and the one in nearby Grabünden belonged together, the church of Malles being affiliated to that of Müstair.
A series of paintings were executed in the church around 880, but all that remains in the apses are the figure of Christ standing, of St Stephen and of Gregory the Great. On the narrow strips of masonry between the apses there is the figure of a priest accompanied by the noble donor, who offers a model of the church to God. Roman influence has been detected in these frescoes, but their execution and treatment of detail differs significantly from the style of the figures in the Müstair church.
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