St. Lawrence Receiving the Treasures of the Church

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St. Lawrence Receiving the Treasures of the Church

Fra Angelico, c. 1447-1450

Fresco

322 × 412 cm

Niccoline Chapel, Vatican Museum, Vatican City

St. Lawrence Receiving the Treasures of the Church is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Fra Angelico, executed between 1432 and 1434. It is located in the Niccoline Chapel of the Vatican Museum.

It portrays the martyr St. Lawrence receiving the treasures of the Church from Pope Sixtus II. In another scene, St. Lawrence gives the money to the poor people in Rome.

[edit] See also

• The Prayer of St. Stephen (Angelico)

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