Rotonda's Frescoes

Not all of the most ancient frescoes were lost. Firstly, inside the ambulatory, at least two vaults are covered in decorations that can still be made out. The one we can admire here shows a circular pattern surrounded by four vaults which delimit sectors in which a total of six angels spreading their wings can be seen. The colours, which once must have been bright, are now faded, but it is still possible to make out the flight of some of the angels. Their features are traced in an archaic way, and there is a gentile smile on their face. We know nothing of the authors, though the workers probably came from afar.