 Frescoes by Raphael & Timoteo Viti Around the year 1514 the wealthy papal banker Agostino Chigi commissioned Raphael (1483-1520) to design a small chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Pace. However, the Cappella Chigi wasn't completed until the reign of Pope Alexander VII (r. 1655-67), Agostino's great-nephew Fabio Chigi. Raphael's contribution takes the form of a beautiful fresco of four Sibyls, to whom the future is being revealed by angels. The fresco of four Old Testament Prophets was designed by Raphael, but executed by Timoteo Viti (1469-1523), one of his pupils. The very fine bronze relief of The Deposition is the work of Cosimo Fancelli (c. 1620-88), who also carved the marble reliefs of the putti and the statue of St Catherine of Siena. The statue of San Bernardino, however, has been ascribed to Antonio Raggi.  Chigi Chapel  The Deposition, bronze relief by Cosimo Fancelli  Comments are closed.
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