Navicella (mosaic)
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The Navicella or Bark of St. Peter, of Old Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, was a large and famous mosaic by Giotto di Bondone that occupied a large part of the wall above the entrance arcade, facing t
The 1628 full-size copy in oil in the Vatican
Drawing of the lost mosaic by Parri Spinelli, about 1420, once owned by Vasari.
1673 engraving showing the mosaic on Old St. Peter's Basilica
Fragment in Boville Ernica, after restoration
Brancacci Chapel
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The Brancacci Chapel is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, central Italy. It is sometimes called the "Sistine Chapel of the early Renaissance" for its painting cycle, among
Navicella (mosaic)
…depicted elsewhere in medieval art of the period, and later works like frescos in the "Spanish Chapel" of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, and in the Brancacci Chapel by Masaccio (or perhaps his colleague Masolino), and one of the bronze relief panels on Ghiberti's north doors of the Florence Baptistery. It was also…
The Tribute Money, fresco by Masaccio in the Brancacci Chapel.
Schematics of the Brancacci Chapel paintings.
The Temptation of Adam and Eve, by Masolino da Panicale.
The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden