<Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Brancacci Chapel, Florence </Td> </Tr> <P> The Tribute Money is a fresco by the Italian renaissance painter Masaccio, located in the Brancacci Chapel of the basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, and completed by his senior collaborator, Masolino . Painted in the 1420s, it is widely considered among Masaccio's best work, and a vital part of the development of renaissance art . </P> <P> The painting is part of a cycle on the life of Saint Peter, and describes a scene from the Gospel of Matthew, in which Jesus directs Peter to find a coin in the mouth of a fish in order to pay the temple tax . It owes its importance in particular to its revolutionary use of perspective and chiaroscuro . The Tribute Money suffered great damage in the centuries after its creation, until the chapel went through a thorough restoration in the 1980s . </P> <P> The Brancacci Chapel, in the basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine, was founded around 1366 / 7 by Felice Brancacci . The chapel passed to Piero's nephew, Felice Brancacci, who some time between 1423 and 1425 commissioned the painter Masolino to decorate the walls with a series of frescoes from the life of Saint Peter . Peter was the name - saint of the founder, and the patron saint of the Brancacci family, but the choice also reflected support for the Roman papacy during the Great Schism . </P>

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