page_title: Feoli and Cicada Chapels (Santa Maria del Popolo)
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Feoli and Cicada Chapels (Santa Maria del Popolo) / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Painted Renaissance Revival decoration on the vault of the Feoli Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome). Work by Casimiro Brugnone de Rossi from 1858. The Four Evangelists and the dove of the Holy Spirit on the dome and God the Father in the lunette.
context_page_description: The Chapel of Saint Thomas of Villanova and the Chapel of Saint Rita are two small chapels opening in the right transept of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo. They are relatively insignificant in terms of artistic value compared to the other side chapels of the church.
context_section_description: There was a Baroque painting on the altar of the Chapel of St. Thomas by Fabrizio Chiari depicting St. Thomas of Villanueva Distributing Alms in the 17th century which is now placed near the sacristy. The current Renaissance Revival decoration of the chapel was executed in 1858 by Casimiro Brugnone de Rossi who was a favoured artist at the time of Pope Pius IX. He painted the Four Evangelists and the dove of the Holy Spirit on the dome and God the Father in the lunette. The new altar painting of St. Thomas of Villanueva Distributing Alms by the same artist is dated to 1860. It is a more conventional work than the previous Baroque painting. There are many 19th century family tombs and memorials in the chapel.
  In the Chapel of St. Rita the altarpiece is a painting by Giovanni Piancastelli. (The original altarpiece of Saint Lucy by Luigi Garzi is lost.) The sepulchral monument of Odoardo Cicada, the Bishop of Sagona by Guglielmo della Porta is dated around 1545. The Renaissance wall tomb followed the design of Michelangelo's Late Renaissance monument for Cecchino Bracci in Santa Maria in Aracoeli but much of it was later demolished. An anonymous drawing in Windsor Castle (Cod. 201 Albani) preserved a sketch of its original form. Today the only surviving parts are the marble bust, the sarcophagus resting on strigillated supports and a pedestal with the coat-of-arms (a crowned eagle).
  The marble slab of his relative, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cicala (†1570) is set in the floor. The tombstone is decorated with the coat-of-arms of the cardinal on a bronze shield. It was commissioned by the Cardinal's nephew and heir, Carlo Cicada, the Bishop of Albenga. The tombstone was later truncated; the original decorative border with the Cicada eagles in the corners was lost but a drawing in the Royal Library preserved its original look. Both of the Cicada tombs were transferred from the original Cybo Chapel when it was demolished around 1680.
caption: Painted Renaissance Revival decoration on the vault of the Feoli Chapel by Casimiro Brugnone de Rossi.
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