# Crucifixion of St Peter \(south wall, left\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary On the south wall, in the Crucifixion of St Peter and the Beheading of St Paul, the foreground of each picture is reserved for its respective martyr. Each is, moreover, clearly larger than the figures of the mourners and the executioner. Peter, hanging upside down on the cross, recalls the crucifixes of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/giunta/crucifiz.html'\)" href="/html/g/giunta/crucifiz.html">Giunta Pisano</a> and <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/cimabue/crucifix/cruci\_a.html'\)" href="/html/c/cimabue/crucifix/cruci\_a.html">Cimabue</a> in the rendering of his abdomen and chest musculature. In the background of the crucifixion scene are groups of buildings and single buildings. However, they are rather unspecific. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()