# Frescoes on the south wall

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASO DI BANCO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Frescoes on the south wall c. 1335 Fresco Cappella di Bardi di Vernio, Santa Croce, Florence The upper scenes on the south wall show the pope&#39;s encounter with the emperor: Constantine recognizes the apostles Peter and Paul on the painting that Sylvester shows him, allows himself to be baptized, and recovers his health. Beneath these scenes appears the Miracle of the Bull. In the dispute with the Jewish scribes over the true God before Constantine and his mother, Helena, one of the scribes, in order to demonstrate the power of his God, kills a wild bull simply by whispering a word in its ear. The witnesses are astounded by this, but Sylvester outdoes him by reviving the bull.

## Related artworks

- [Coronation of the Virgin \(fragment\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/coronation-of-the-virgin-fragment-r892c3c0b8bca54>)
- [Descent of Mary&#39;s Girdle to the Apostle Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/descent-of-marys-girdle-to-the-apostle-thomas-r367d3f413edc59>)
- [Emperor Constantine Refuses to Bathe in the Blood of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/emperor-constantine-refuses-to-bathe-in-the-blood-of-the-innocents-rd4a8ca21efcb35>)
- [Entombment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/entombment-rba70f191791eaf>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/madonna-and-child-rd44ba7d2aa1e1f>)
- [Pope Sylvester Baptizes Emperor Constantine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/pope-sylvester-baptizes-emperor-constantine-rc680a349f19d4c>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 1. Baptism \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-1-baptism-upper-register-r5a6fcb754a6d85>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 2. Confession \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-2-confession-upper-register-rfddbc46824903d>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 3. Matrimony \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-3-matrimony-upper-register-r9320667a1405d6>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 5. Confirmation \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-5-confirmation-upper-register-r5aa231b4836ab6>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 5. Extreme Unction \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-5-extreme-unction-upper-register-r09cb0a1e629b57>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 6. Eucharist \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-6-eucharist-upper-register-ra9881de6c87b06>)

## Attribution

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