# Liberation of the Companions of St James [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [AVANZI, Jacopo]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Liberation of the Companions of St James c. 1374 Fresco Basilica di Sant'Antonio, Padua In Avanzi's lunette fresco in the Cappella San Giacomo, the human figures many showing traits of physiognomy and drapery which remind us of Giotto, are dominated by a central mass of rocks. In the foreground a bridge has collapsed, and the persecutors following saint's companions fall into a stream. The floundering horses and humans are represented with striking fidelity. ## Related artworks - [View of the Cappella di San Giacomo]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()