"Establishment of the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome"

Matthias Grünewald - Oil
Establishment of the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is a 1517-1519 painting by the German Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald. The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, is an ancient Roman Catholic Marian basilica of Rome. It is one of the four major or four papal basilicas, which, together with St. Lawrence outside the Walls, were formerly referred to as the five "patriarchal basilicas" of Rome, associated with the five ancient patriarchal sees of Christendom. The Painting is located today in the Augustinermuseum.