MASACCIO
(b. 1401, San Giovanni Valdarno, d. 1428, Roma)

Raising of the Son of Theophilus and St Peter Enthroned (detail)

1426-27
Fresco
Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

In this fresco contemporary Carmelites and Florentines are integrated among the generic types who witness St Peter's miracles.