Triumph of Catholic Doctrine, 1365-1367 (fresco)

Triumph of Catholic Doctrine (Trionfo della dottrina cattolica), by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1367, 14th Century, fresco. Detail. In the core of the scene there is Saint Thomas Aquinas, seated on a monumental gothic throne; he wears the clothes of Dominican order and holds an open book in front of him; in high, in a dark sky, theological and cardinal Virtues' allegories fly, each of them holding an object in their hands; at the fresco protagonist's sides sit ten figures of saints and evangelists, all of them in differently coloured long clothes and with a book in their hands; at the feet of the throne three defeated heretics are crouched Andrea di Bonaiuto Church of Santa Maria Novella