ANDREA DA FIRENZE
(active 1343-1377, Firenze)

Descent of Christ to Limbo

1365-68
Fresco
Cappella Spagnuolo, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

This is one of the scenes on the wall opposite to the entrance of the chapel. This wall is covered with scenes of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. Instead of painting the scenes in many panels, as the Giottesque artists did, Andrea carried out the narration of the Passion in a continuous fashion, with the scenes following as in a film. The Descent is on the lower right side of the wall.