Cerasi Chapel

Cerasi Chapel
Cappella Cerasi
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Statusfunerary chapel
Location
LocationBasilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
Geographic coordinates41°54′41″N 12°28′35″E / 41.911389°N 12.476389°E / 41.911389; 12.476389
Architecture
Architect(s)Carlo Maderno
Typerectangular chapel with a larger anteroom
StyleBaroque
FounderTiberio Cerasi
Completed1606

The Cerasi Chapel or Chapel of the Assumption (Italian: Cappella Cerasi, Cappella dell'Assunta) is one of the side chapels in the left transept of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It contains significant paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, two of the most important masters of Italian Baroque art, dating from 1600 to 1601.


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