# Scenes from the Life of St Ambrose \(right wall\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASOLINO da Panicale]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The right-hand wall of the Castiglione Chapel presents scenes from the life of St Ambrose. It is assumed that it was the donor, Cardinal Branda Castiglione who chose to include the Ambrose legend into the decoration of the chapel. He especially revered the Church father and patron saint of Milan. The scenes represented are the following: in the lunette, left, the Miracle of the Bees; right: Ambrose Elected Bishop of Milan; lower register: the Rich Man's House Swallowwed Up by the Earth; St Ambrose's Study; Death of St Ambrose. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation to Zacharias \(detail\)]() - [Conversion and Beheading of Empress Faustina]() - [Crucifixion \(altar wall\)]() - [Crucifixion \(altar wall\)]() - [Feast of Herod \(detail\)]() - [Feast of Herod \(detail\)]() - [Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(right view\)]() - [God the Father Surrounded by Angels \(detail\)]() - [Healing of the Cripple and Raising of Tabatha \(left view\)]() - [Healing of the Cripple and Raising of Tabatha \(right view\)]() - [Healing of the Cripple \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()