Donnaregina Monumental Complex - Diocesan Museum of Naples
Gothic convent choir holding Naples's largest surviving fourteenth-century fresco cycle.
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This guide to the Donnaregina Monumental Complex in Naples follows Pietro Cavallini, Rome's most sought-after fresco painter, who arrived around 1308 at Queen Mary of Hungary's invitation to cover her convent choir floor to ceiling. It traces his workshop, including a named partner and an unnamed hand historians call the Master of the Stories of Saint Elizabeth, through years of painting scenes from Christ's life and an apocalypse of paradise and hell. You'll also hear about the lightning strike of 1390 that changed the color you see on the walls today.
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