Carmélites
The Carafa Chapel, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
Cardinal Oliviero Carafa (1430 – 1511) devoted himself to the patronage of art and literature. Bramante’s first architectural commission in Rome, came from Carafa. As Cardinal Protector of the Dominican order he generously embellished Santa Maria sopra Minerva and its associated priory. Filippino Lippi’s Annunciation depicts his donor Carafa kneeling with St Thomas Aquinas’ hand urging him in his devotion. This was Lippi’s first large-scale fresco.
050-069_81211 GPO - Carmelites.indd 57
07/05/2013 15:53