# The Cloister of Santa Croce

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ABBATI, Giuseppe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on cardboard, 19 x 25 cm

## Commentary

Abbati painted in the cloisters of Santa Croce in Florence in 1861-62 while the monument was being restored. Numerous black and white marble blocks were strewn around the grounds, offering clear-cut shapes and sharp, elementary contrasts. Beyond the empty foreground, a row of stones is placed against the shaded walkway of the cloisters, with only the figure of a worker or stonemason as a living element in this rather abstract composition.

## Related artworks

- [Country Road with Cypresses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/country-road-with-cypresses-r08fa28716e4516>)
- [Landscape at Castiglioncello](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/landscape-at-castiglioncello-r84198bba9e24f7>)
- [Oration \(The prayer\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/oration-the-prayer-r9cb05081c3f7b5>)
- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/portrait-of-a-woman-r995c0047b22847>)

## Attribution

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