By far the most prestigious commission of Trometta´s entire career was the fresco decoration of the ceiling of the choir of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome. On 30 January 1565 he contracted to carry out the scheme, while an inscription on the vault indicates that he completed it in 1568. At the center is the large-sized, upright oval fresco of the Virgin and Child with Angels. To either s
Traditionally given to Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-ca. 1543). The figure´s pose and the handling of the media suggest the work of an artist from the circle of Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566). Especially suggestive of the latter´s influence are the heavily applied passages of white heightening and the rounded folds of drapery at the figure´s waist. The writer suggests that this drawing could be by