Palazzo Trinci
Chapel
The chapel, which is in the top floor of the tower next to the Gothic staircase. Its entrance is on the left of the loggia on the piano nobile.
Frescoes (1424)
An inscription on the altar wall above records that Corrado III Trinci commissioned the frescoes in the chapel in 1424 from Ottaviano Nelli. This was the moment when he become the sole ruler of Foligno after the murder of his brothers.
Crucifixion with saints
This fresco on the bottom register of the altar wall depicts:
the Crucifixion with the Virgin, SS Mary Magdalene (at the foot of the Cross), John the Evangelist, Felician (to the left) and Catherine of Alexandria (to the right), with the Blessed Peter Crisci (in white):
SS Dominic, Antony Abbot and John the Baptist (on the left); and
the stigmatisation of St Francis (on the right).
Scenes from the life of the Virgin
This cycle, which covers the rest of the walls and also the vaults of the chapel, follows the story of the Virgin’s life that is set out in the Golden Legend. The scenes depict:
the marriage of Anna and Joachim in the temple;
the annunciation of the imminent birth of a daughter;
the reunion at the Golden Gate; the birth of the Virgin;
the presentation of the Virgin in the temple;
the marriage of the Virgin; the Annunciation; the Nativity;
the Adoration of the Magi; the Presentation of Jesus in the temple;
the annunciation of the death of the Virgin;
the arrival of the Apostles to take their leave of the Virgin;
Christ collecting the soul of the Virgin; the funeral of the Virgin; and
the Assumption of the Virgin.