ALTICHIERO da Zevio
(b. ca. 1330, Zevio, d. ca. 1390, Verona)

Scenes on the entry wall

1378-84
Fresco
Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua

On the entry wall the story of Christ's childhood is depicted. Following the Annunciation (top) are the Adoration of the Shepherds (middle left), the Adoration of the Magi (middle right), The Flight into Egypt (bottom left) and the Presentation in the Temple (bottom right). The two pictures on the altar wall represents the Coronation of the Virgin (top) and the Crucifixion (bottom).




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