ROMANESQUE PAINTER, Italian
(active 1180s)

St Peter Consecrates St Hermagoras Bishop in the Presence of St Mark

c. 1180
Fresco
Crypt, Basilica, Aquileia

The most interesting Romanesque frescoes in the entire Venetian region are in Aquileia. The stories of the preaching of St Mark at Aquileia and of the apostolate of St Hermagoras were intended to glorify Aquileia.




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