Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio


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Hungarian Chapel
The decoration, now deteriorated, is all in paint and is a late Baroque trompe-l'oeil evoking stucco and marble. Panels on the walls and the triangles between the lunettes in the vault are in pink, and contain grotesque motifs. All this fresco work was by Antonio Tempesta.

Related links:  Trompe-l'œil