# Vault and apse decoration

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RICCI, Sebastiano](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ricci-sebastiano-reccf91a38f3dfb>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the painting of the vault of the Cappella dei Santi Sacramento with Apostles in Veneration of the Eucharist, and the apse vault with the Throne of Grace. In conformity with the function of the chapel, the towering, highly animated apostles are shown gazing on the Eucharist in a brilliant aureole, framed by powerful rays of light and angels.

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- [Altar of St Gregory the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ricci-sebastiano-reccf91a38f3dfb/altar-of-st-gregory-the-great-r61ddad00b31d83>)
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## Attribution

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