LIPPI, Fra Filippo
(b. 1406, Firenze, d. 1469, Spoleto)

View of the left (north) wall of the main chapel

1452-65
Fresco
Duomo, Prato

The view of the left (north) wall of the main chapel represents, in the lunette, birth and boyhood of St Stephen; in the middle register, Stephen is consecrated to the priesthood and takes leave of Bishop Julian, returns home, exorcises the changeling, and disputes with the Pharisees; in the bottom register, the funeral of St Stephen and, extending across the east wall, his martyrdom.