St. Matthew and Two Commentators

Fresco
Detail of the apsidal vault
Church of St. John, Taufers, Italy

The winged man represents St. Matthew. As in the St. Mark segment, the stand that holds the two books is anthropomorphic. The writers' faces and clothes are individualized, and only one has a halo.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.