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The tomb of Enrico Scrovegni in the Arena Chapel, Padua

06/2012 | 1311 | 154

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Author:

Jacobus, Laura (Jacobus, Laura)

Subjects

artists:

Master of the Scrovegni Monument / Giovanni Pisano

artists:

Master of the Salomone Effigy

buildings:

Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Italy

patrons:

Scrovegni, Enrico

print:

Scrovegni, Enrico

subjects:

Sculpture / Marbles / Funerary chapels / Funerary structures / Religious architecture / Religious art / Architecture / Architectural components / Commissions

subjects:

Sarcophagi / Effigies

subjects:

Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, tentative / Identification / Formal analysis

subjects:

Iconography

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Italian

Illustrations

Attributed works:

29. Virgin and Child and two Angels, by Giovanni Pisano. c.1303–18. Marble. (Arena Chapel, Padua).

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28. View into chancel of the Arena Chapel, Padua. Frescos by Giotto, c.1300–05.

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30. Tomb of Enrico Scrovegni. 1336. Marble. (Arena Chapel, Padua).

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31. View of apse of the Arena Chapel, Padua, showing outline of earlier tomb.

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32. Detail of the tomb of Enrico Scrovegni showing the console, triangular endpiece and depth of block from which the angel is carved.

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33. Tomb of Bishop Castellone Salomone (d.1322), possibly altered in 1361. Marble. (Treviso Cathedral; reproduced by kind permission of Studio Bohm).

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34. Tomb of Enrico Scrovegni, seen from above, illustrated in Fig.30.

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35. Detail of left-hand angel, during the restoration of the tomb illustrated in Fig.30.

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36. Detail of right-hand angel, prior to the restoration of the tomb illustrated in Fig.30.

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37. Detail of Fig.30 showing left-hand angel.

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38. Detail of Fig.30 showing right-hand angel.

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39. Detail of Fig.30 showing the face of Enrico Scrovegni.

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40. Detail of the tomb of Bishop Castellone Salomone illustrated in Fig.33.

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