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Although he had by then been exiled to Venice for many years, where he died in 1336, Enrico Scrovegni's body was transferred to his chapel in accordance with his last wishes. His tombs is in the apse, and his statue in the sacristy.
The tomb reflects the usual models of those years, a sarcophagus set on a wall with a baldachin above. Two angels pull open the curtains the reveal the figure of the deceased lying on the tombstone.
The unknown artist of the statue is referred to as the Master of the Scrovegni and Salomone Tombs.
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