Frescoes in the Magdalen Chapel of the Lower Church
by GIOTTO

The Magdalen Chapel of the Lower Church is a lateral chapel in the corner between the northern transept and the nave. Its fresco decoration takes different forms: medallions with half-length figures, in the compartments of the vault, standing saints in the inside face of the entrance, narrative scenes on the walls and on the lunettes, and two portraits of donors on the end walls.

The authenticity and the dating of the frescoes in the Magdalen Chapel of the Lower Church of San Francesco is debated. It is generally agreed that they were executed with a contribution of Giotto but his role was probably that of planner rather than painter. There emerges the personality of one, or perhaps two of his assistants - the so-called Parente di Giotto and the Master of the Vele - who translated his ideas in their own style.

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Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Mary Magdalen and Cardinal Pontano
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: The Hermit Zosimus Giving a Cloak to Magdalen
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Raising of Lazarus
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Raising of Lazarus (detail)
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Noli me tangere
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Noli me tangere (detail)
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Noli me tangere (detail)
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Mary Magdalen Speaking to the Angels
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi


Scenes from the Life of Mary Magdalen: Mary Magdalen's Voyage to Marseilles
1320s
Fresco
Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi



Summary of paintings by Giotto
Frescoes in San Francesco, Assisi
Upper Church: Legend of St Francis | New Testament scenes | Lower Church
Frescoes in Arena Chapel, Padua
Life of Joachim | Life of Virgin | Life of Christ | Angels | Heads
Last Judgment | Heads
Vault frescoes | Virtues and Vices | Decorative elements
Frescoes in Santa Croce, Florence
Frescoes in Peruzzi Chapel | Frescoes in Bardi Chapel
Panel paintings
Crucifix | Maestą and others | Polyptych panels | Stefaneschi Altarpiece | Baroncelli Polyptych
Miscellaneous works
Navicella mosaic | Campanile of the Florence Cathedral



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