Chapelle brancacci masaccio biography

A bit of history of the Brancacci Chapelr

Born as a tribute to the Virgin of Carmel, the Church of Santa Maria was built in 1268 as part of a Carmelite nunnery and enlarged in the following centuries.

In the second half of the 18th century, the Church was almost entirely destroyed by fire, which fortunately spared the so-called Brancacci Chapel.

The Brancacci was an ancient Florentine family, and at the end of the 14th century, they bought a family chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine.

However, it was not until the early 15th century that the decoration of the chapel began.

Chapelle brancacci masaccio biography wikipedia

The decoration work was entrusted to Masolino's workshop, to which the famous Renaissance painter Masaccio also belonged. The two of them divided the tasks and began to fresco the chapel with the theme of the Stories of St. Peter.

The work, however, had to be interrupted by the exile of the Brancacci family, who had become Cosimo de' Medici's enemy. The exile