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5 unusual facts about Belisario Corenzio


Belisario Corenzio

They also claim that when Guido Reni came in 1621 to Naples to paint in the Chapel of San Gennaro in the cathedral of the Naples Cathedral, Corenzio suborned an assassin to take his life.

Gesù Nuovo

The frescos on the side walls were carried out by Belisario Corenzio.

The vault frescos representing biblical and saintly narratives that exalt the name of Jesus were carried out by Belisario Corenzio and Paolo de Matteis.

Palazzo of Monte di Pietà, Naples

The chapel vault was frescoed by the Greek painter Belisario Corenzio and on the right is a painting by Ippolito Borghese, on the left a painting begun by Girolamo Imparato and completed by Fabrizio Santafede, and in the center, behind the high altar, the Deposition by Santafede.

Santa Maria di Costantinopoli

The apse lunette was decorated by Belisario Corenzio with a fresco of the Virgin & John the Baptist pleading with the Trinity to liberate Naples from the plague.



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