# Scenes from the Life of Christ \(west wall\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIUSTO de' Menabuoi]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary On the four walls of the main space of the Baptistery the story of John the Baptist and scenes from the life of Christ are represented. These walls depict, on the south side, the life of John the Baptist, and on the opposite side, the life of Christ, which in part overlaps with the life of the Baptist. On the west wall the following scenes are depicted: Presentation of the Virgin \(top left\), The Annunciation \(top middle\), The Visitation \(top right\), Massacre of the Innocents \(middle left\), votive image with the donor Fina Buzzacarini \(middle\), Christ among the Doctors \(middle right\), Christ's Entry into Jerusalem \(bottom left\), St John the Baptist \(bottom middle, this figure is of a later date\), The Last Supper \(bottom right\). ## Related artworks - [Crucifixion]() - [Last Judgment]() - [Paradise \(detail\)]() - [Paradise \(dome frescoes\)]() - [Paradise]() - [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(north wall\)]() - [St Luke between David and Jeremiah]() - [Stories of Jacob and Isaac]() - [The Baptism of Christ]() - [The Birth of John the Baptist]() - [The Creation of the World \(detail of the dome fresco\)]() - [The Crucifixion]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()