Figures on the side wall

Between 1435 and 1439 Vecchietta executed for Cardinal Branda Castiglione (1350-1443) a series of frescoes at Castiglione Olona, near Varese in Lombardy. Besides the frescoes depicting stories of St Lawrence and St Stephen Martyr in the apse of the Collegiata, he also painted the frescoes in the chapel of the Cardinal’s palace in the town, depicting the Evangelists (vault) and friezes of male and female saints (side walls).

The picture shows holy shepherds, monks and anchorites on the side wall.