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Crucifix painted by Giotto

For the bronze sculpture by Donatello, see Basilica del Santo Crucifix.

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The Padua Crucifix (Italian: Crocifisso di Padova) is a painting in tempera on poplar panel by Giotto of c. 1303–1305. Originally hanging in the centre of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, above the latticework of the iconostasis, it was probably contemporaneous with his frescoes in the same chapel. It now hangs in the Musei degli Eremitani in Padua.

The crucifix was first attributed to Giotto in 1864 by Cavalcaselle; that attribution was initially contested by other art critics such as Rintelen, Weigeit and Brandi due to the work's poor condition at that time, but following restoration it is now accepted as a work by Giotto.

References

(in Italian) C. Gnudi, Giotto, 1958.
(in Italian) Maurizia Tazartes, Giotto, Rizzoli, Milano 2004.
(in Italian) Edi Baccheschi, L'opera completa di Giotto, Rizzoli, Milano 1977.

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Paintings	Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (c. 1295–1300) Badia Polyptych (c. 1300) Padua Crucifix (c. 1303–1305) Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) (c. 1304–1306) Ognissanti Madonna (c. 1310) Stefaneschi Triptych (c. 1320 or earlier) Berlin Crucifixion (c. 1320) Strasbourg Crucifixion (c. 1320) Saint Stephen (c. 1330–1335)
Painting series	Life of Christ (c. 1320–1325)
Mosaics	Navicella (c. 1298–1300) (lost)
Architecture	Giotto's Campanile (involvement, 1334–1337) (Florence) Ponte alla Carraia (c. 1333; attribution) (Florence)

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