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Was
erected in 1420, enlarged at the end of the same century
and transformed by Luigi Vanvitelli halfway through the
1700's. The monumental steps at the entrance connect
the church to the city. The three nave interior holds
many famous works, besides the famous Caravaggio and
Raphael: the "Madonna del Parto" by Jacopo Sansovino
(1521), the decoration of the right transept by Guercino
and the tomb of Santa Monica di Isaia by Pisa. Next door
is the Angelica Library, the first public one in the
city, founded at the beginning of the 1600's and
setbegun by Francesco
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On the
third pillar on the left of the central nave, is the
recently restored fresco by Raphael portraying the Prophet
Isaiah. The prophet is sitting on a throne between two
cherubs who are holding up a tablet with a dedication, in
Greek, to St. Anne, to the Holy Virgin and to Jesus and the
initials of the apostolic pro notary,
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Giovanni Goritz, who
commissioned it. Starting with Vassari, the evident
inspiration by Raphael of the Michelangelo-style prophets of
the Sistine Chapel was noted, which the artist had managed
to see while hidden, thanks to the help of his friend
00nato Bramante. The work can be dated back to 1511-12. |
