Giotto di Bondone
(1270-1337)
Christus in der Vorhölle,
ca. 1303/06 vor 1312/13
Material / Technology / Carrier
Pappelholz
Dimensions of the object
45,6 x 44 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 1-2
Acquisition
1813 von König Max I. Joseph vom Grafen Lucchesi erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Giotto di Bondone, Christus in der Vorhölle, ca. 1303/06 vor 1312/13, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/QKGBkYX4Bb (Last updated on 11.01.2023)
The three panels (see inv. no. 643 and 667) are part of an altarpiece comprising a sequence of seven scenes from the life of Jesus that were originally painted on one board. This unconventional, elongated type of altarpiece (dossale) is rarely found in Florence but was common in the Emilia Romagna region. Details in the images themselves and the choice of subject matter speak for Rimini as the place of origin, where evidence exists that Giotto was commissioned by the Malatesta family to produce works for the church of San Francesco. His spatially structured compositions and three-dimensionally depicted figures with their differentiated gestures and emotions mark a revolutionary innovation in Giotto’s pictorial language.
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