Cupola fresco, Real Basilica de nuestra Senora
Fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Requena Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13436660
Media ID
45132999
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7087px x 4724px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
