GIOTTO di Bondone
(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)

Crucifix

1317
Tempera on wood, 223 x 164 cm
Museo Civico, Padua

This Crucifix (now in the Museo Civico) was painted by Giotto for the Arena Chapel in Padua. It displays a striking similarity to the frescoed Crucifixion in the right transept of the Lower Church of San Francesco at Assisi.