# Alms of St Lawrence

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VECCHIETTA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Between 1435 and 1439 Vecchietta executed for Cardinal Branda Castiglione \(1350–1443\) a series of frescoes at Castiglione Olona, near Varese in Lombardy. The frescoes depict stories of St Lawrence and St Stephen Martyr.

## Related artworks

- [Alms of St Lawrence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/alms-of-st-lawrence-rf970a252d7bedc>)
- [Arliquiera \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/arliquiera-detail-rf733b6341e95df>)
- [Arliquiera \(outer shutters\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/arliquiera-outer-shutters-r687ab895ebd1af>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/ceiling-decoration-r0a0e070363d118>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/ceiling-decoration-r4033173c3d1f7c>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/ceiling-decoration-rf55dacd57bd2a1>)
- [Ciborium](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/ciborium-rb5fad721cfab53>)
- [Coronation of Pius II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/coronation-of-pius-ii-r2864a9ada92c73>)
- [Dante: Divina Commedia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/dante-divina-commedia-r0b87b3de8d709d>)
- [Death of the Virgin and Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/death-of-the-virgin-and-assumption-of-the-virgin-rc9e1a17086dace>)
- [Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/death-of-the-virgin-re4cae2b17dbc89>)
- [Evangelists on the vault](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecchietta-ra4510662765f44/evangelists-on-the-vault-r49e2fbbb20533a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)