The altarpiece, Madonna and Child, tempera on silk (1449), by Benozzo Gozzoli.
Previously attributed to Fra Angelico, the painting was located in the Chapel of St. Haycinth in 1449.
Venerated as the Madonna of the Rosary by the Confraternity of the same name,
it was transferred to the Capranica Chapel in 1579. Up to 1700 the painting had been
used as a processional standard and only later was it transferred to wood to be preserved better.
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