PAOLO VENEZIANO
(b. before 1300, d. ca. 1360)

Polyptych (detail)

c. 1350
Tempera on panel
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

The picture shows the right side of the polyptych with the scenes 'The Journey to Calvary', 'The Crucifixion', 'The Resurrection and the encounter with Mary Magdalene' and 'The Ascension'. Above these scenes, set between Evangelists, are scenes depicting, from left to right: 'The Stigmata of St Francis', 'The Death of St Francis' and 'Christ in Judgment'. At top left is the Prophet Daniel.