Lorenzo da Viterbo

Lorenzo da Viterbo was an early Renaissance style painter, active in Lazio and Tuscany.

He was probably educated in Rome under Piero della Francesca (frescoes in the d'Estouteville chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore, 1459).

In 1468-69 he frescoed Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary for the Mazzatosta Chapel in the Servite Church of Santa Maria della Verità in Viterbo.

In the fresco depicting the Marriage of the Virgin there is an animated portrait of notable contemporary citizens of Viterbo.

The frescoes were nearly destroyed by the bombardments during World War II, and have been painstakingly restored.