# Crossing vault \(detail of the south cell\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CIMABUE]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Either writing or absorbed in scripture, the evangelists occupy one half of each triangular field; a table writing desk is in the middle; and a view of a city is in the other half. In the pinnacle of each vault cell is a patch of cloud from which an angel descends and, as a visual sign of divine inspiration, touches the ear of the evangelist. The cities depicted represent, or once represented, the parts of the world to which each evangelist directed his message: YTALIA, ACCHAIA, ASIA, IUDEA. The view of Rome opposite the evangelist Mark features prominent buildings in the city - e.g., the Castel Sant'Angelo, the Meta Romuili, Old St Peter's, the Pantheon, the Capitol with the Palazzo dei Senatori, the Torre delle Milizie, and apparently the church of Santi Apostoli - with a fidelity that was unusual for the time. ## Related artworks - [Apocalyptical Christ \(detail\)]() - [Apocalyptical Christ \(detail\)]() - [Christ Enthroned between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist \(detail\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail of the east cell\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail of the east cell\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail of the north cell\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail of the west cell\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail of the west cell\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail\)]() - [Crossing vault \(detail\)]() - [Crossing vault]() - [Crucifix \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()