Life of Christ (Giotto)

Series of seven paintings by Giotto From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Life of Christ is a series of seven paintings in tempera and gold on panel, attributed to Giotto and dating to around 1320–1325. Depicting the Nativity and Passion of Christ, and Pentecost, they are now housed in a number of museums: three are in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Berenson Collection in Settignano and the National Gallery in London all have one each.

Two of the works in Munich, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion

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Image Title Dimensions Country City Collection Attribution and notes
Adoration of the Magi44 × 45cmUnited StatesNew York CityMetropolitan Museum of Art
Presentation in the Temple44 × 43cmUnited StatesBostonIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumAcquired by Jean Paul Richter in 1900 on the advice of Bernard Berenson; one of the best of the group.
Last Supper42.56 × 43cmGermanyMunichAlte PinakothekAcquired from a private collection by Maximilian I of Bavaria in 1805.
Crucifixion45 × 43.5 cmGermanyMunichAlte PinakothekAcquired by Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1813.
Deposition44.5 × 43cmItalyFlorenceVilla I Tatti (Berenson Collection)
Descent into Limbo45 × 43.5 cmGermanyMunichAlte PinakothekSimilar provenance to Crucifixion.
Pentecost45 × 43.5 cmUnited KingdomLondonNational GalleryDonated in 1942; one of the best in the series.
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Bibliography

  • Baccheschi, Edi (1977), L'opera completa di Giotto (in Italian), Milan: Rizzoli [ISBN unspecified]
  • AA.VV. (1986), Alte Pinakothek Munich, Munich: Edition Lipp, ISBN 978-3-87490-701-9
  • Syre, Cornelia (2007), Alte Pinakothek. Italienische Malerei (in German), Ostfilnder: Hantje Cantz, ISBN 978-3-7757-1840-0
  • Bellosi, Luciano (2003), "Giotto", Dal Gotico al Rinascimento (in Italian), Florence: Scala, ISBN 88-8117-092-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

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