CAPANNA, Puccio
(active 1338-1348 in Assisi)

Crucifixion

c. 1344
Fresco
Chapterhouse, San Francesco, Assisi

In this large - incomplete - fresco the figures of Sts Louis of Toulouse, Paul, the Virgin Mary, Francis, John, Clare, Peter, and Anthony of Padua are lined up at the feet of a gigantic Christ. It reveals, in the quality of its colour and the classical composure of the forms, the influence of the late Giotto.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes):
Guillaume Dufay: Hymn for Easter