Cattedrale di Prato - Cappella Maggiore

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Object location43° 52′ 56.08″ N, 11° 05′ 52.66″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo
Life and martyrdom of St. Stephen

Cappella Maggiore flanked on the left by Life and martyrdom of St. Stephen and right by Life and beheading of St. John the Baptist.
Life and beheading of St. John the Baptist


St. John

Stoning of St. Stephen

St Alberto of Trapani

The Beheading of John the Baptist


Life of Saint Stephen

Stories of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist
Cappella Maggiore is know for its frescos by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi and his assistants, executed between 1452 and 1465. Life of Saint Stephen frescos were painted on the left side of the apse and Life of John the Baptist on the right


Life of Saint Stephen

Birth of St. Stephen

St. Stephen Leaving for his mission in Cilicia

Funeral of St. Stephen


Stoning of St. Stephen



Life of Saint John the Baptist

Birth of St John the Baptist

St. John taking leave from his family

The Feast of Herod

The dance of Salome

The preaching of St John the Baptist



Frescos of the Four Evangelists on the vault above the frescos

St John the Evangelist

St Luke

St Mark

St Matthew