# The Crucifixion

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIUSTO de&#39; Menabuoi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The large Crucifixion scene is located on the rear \(east\) wall of the space. It takes up the archetype of the densely populated Mount Calvary, but most of the figures are forced together into compact blocks, which, though they serve to clarify the spatial relationships, also produce an impression of monotony and overcrowding, for which the few figures that are emphasized - like the Virgin, who has fainted, St John, or the centurion who points at Christ - are not sufficient compensation.

## Related artworks

- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/crucifixion-r7d5db05b10df4f>)
- [Last Judgment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/last-judgment-reaa8c3ed533e6a>)
- [Paradise \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/paradise-detail-rd2fc36d35c1dab>)
- [Paradise \(dome frescoes\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/paradise-dome-frescoes-r83e9037988989b>)
- [Paradise](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/paradise-rd49890dd7c0af8>)
- [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(north wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-north-wall-r67b7075634abea>)
- [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(west wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-west-wall-r74d8d353faa766>)
- [St Luke between David and Jeremiah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/st-luke-between-david-and-jeremiah-r3ca100dbe7f515>)
- [Stories of Jacob and Isaac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/stories-of-jacob-and-isaac-r10d1bb73930242>)
- [The Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/the-baptism-of-christ-r677d004d676646>)
- [The Birth of John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/the-birth-of-john-the-baptist-r5474786236dc9b>)
- [The Creation of the World \(detail of the dome fresco\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/the-creation-of-the-world-detail-of-the-dome-fresco-r7f5f4316aeda6a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)