Carafa chapel, Santa Maria sopra Minerva

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Santa Maria sopra Minerva   wikidata:Q823685
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Native name Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Location
Piazza della Minerva 42, Roma, Italia
Coordinates 41° 53′ 53″ N, 12° 28′ 42″ E Link to OpenStreetMap Link to Google Maps Edit this at Wikidata
Established 1370 (year consecrated)
Authority file
institution QS:P195,Q823685

The Carafa Chapel contains frescoes by Filippino Lippi that were painted between 1489 and 1491. The frescoes, commissioned by Cardinal Oliviero Carafa, depict the life Saint Thomas Aquinas, two Marian scenes (the Annunciation and the Assumption).