Scrovegni Chapel
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The Scrovegni Chapel, also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. The chapel and monaster
The Last Judgment in the Scrovegni Chapel
The exterior of the Scrovegni Chapel
An 1842 engraving (from an earlier watercolor painting) shows the Arena Chapel to the right of an older palace, also bought, and redecorated, by Enrico Scrovegni. The palace had been demolished by 1827.
Kiss of Judas, one of the panels in the Scrovegni Chapel
Giotto
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Giotto di Bondone, known mononymously as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic and Proto-Renaissance period. Giotto's cont
Scrovegni Chapel
…region of Veneto, Italy. The chapel and monastery are now part of the complex of the Musei Civici di Padova. The chapel contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed around 1305 and an important masterpiece of Western art. In 2021, the chapel was declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 14th-century…
Portrait by Andrea di Bonaiuto, c. 1366
One of the Legend of St. Francis frescoes at Assisi, the authorship of which is disputed
Drawing of Giotto's lost mosaic Navicella, made about 1420 and once owned by Vasari
Full-size copy in oils of Giotto's lost mosaic Navicella, made in 1628