Pellegrini-Bevilacqua tomb
by MARTINO DA VERONA, Fresco
The Pellegrini-Bevilacqua tomb is on the right wall of the Pellegrini Chapel. Martino da Verona’s fresco in the aedicule depicts the Madonna and Child surrounded by four Musician Angels. Sts Catherine, Dominic, Anthony Abate, George and Zeno introduce three kneeling members of the Bevilacqua family to the Madonna. Under the shrine there is a plaque bearing a Latin cross and the Pellegrini and Bevilacqua coats of arms.
Members of the Bevilacqua family are documented from the early 1200s in Verona, where their rise in fortune was related to their support of the della Scala (or Scaligeri) family (reg 1259-1387).