The chapel to the left of the tribune was originally built by Pietro Foscari, the Cardinal of Venice, who was buried here in 1485. The funerary monument was later moved to the Costa Chapel. In July 1600 the chapel was purchased by Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi, Treasurer-General to Pope Clement VIII for use as his mortuary chapel. The chapel was reconfigured by Carlo Maderno. Cerasi then commissioned Annibale Carraci and Caravaggio, the two leading emerging artists of the day, to provide decorations.