Conversion of the Tyrant Ezzelino

1510 · Sala Capitolare, Scuola del Santo, Padua

religious

This fresco is on the right side of the altar wall in the Sala Capitolare. In this scene St Anthony is calming and converting the tyrant Ezzelino, who represented a threat to Padua from outside.

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About the Artist

Giovanni Antonio Requesta

? – 1528

Italian painter, called Il Corona. He worked on the fresco decoration in the Sala Capitolare of the Scuola del Santo in Padua alongside other painters including Titian. He painted there two frescoes on the altar wall of the room depicting stories from the life of St Anthony. He worked in the style of Mantegna.

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