 The Brancacci Chapel , in the basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine , was founded around 1366 / 7 by Piero di Piuvichese 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 . 
