MASO DI BANCO
(active 1320-50 in Firenze)

Tomb with fresco of the resurrection of a member of the Bardi family

1340s
Fresco
Cappella di Bardi di Vernio, Santa Croce, Florence

On the fresco a male member of the Bardi family kneels on his sarcophagus, quite alone on the desolate plain of the afterlife. His sarcophagus is decorated with marble reliefs of the Man of Sorrows and the Bardi arms, while the image of Christ as a judge, displaying his wounds and surrounded by angels is painted in fresco on the wall above.