Cerasi Chapel | |
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Cappella Cerasi | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Status | funerary chapel |
Location | |
Location | Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
Geographic coordinates | 41°54′41″N 12°28′35″E / 41.911389°N 12.476389°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Carlo Maderno |
Type | rectangular chapel with a larger anteroom |
Style | Baroque |
Founder | Tiberio Cerasi |
Completed | 1606 |
The Cerasi Chapel or Chapel of the Assumption (Italian: Cappella Cerasi, Cappella dell'Assunta) is one of the side chapels in the left transept of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It contains significant paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, two of the most important masters of Italian Baroque art, dating from 1600 to 1601.