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Apse

Artist: Umbrian school. Potentially Antoniazzo Romano

Date: 1495 ca

• The apse fresco is Finding and Triumph of the Cross. Above Jesus gives a blessing. The lower is the story of the cross: St. Helen figures out where it is buried, she finds the cross, the cross brings a young man back to life, St. Helen raises the cross for worship with the benefactor of the apse Cardinal Carvajal, the king of Persia Chosroes II takes the cross in 615 when he wins Jerusalem, emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians and returns the cross

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