# View from the southwest

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIUSTO de&#39; Menabuoi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the view of the baptistery from the southwest. On the north wall \(left\) Scenes from the Life of Christ are painted, on the east wall \(right\) the large Crucifixion scene can be seen. In the spandrel St John the Evangelist between Ezekiel and Daniel is depicted; in the dome are Scenes from Genesis.

## Related artworks

- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/crucifixion-r7d5db05b10df4f>)
- [Last Judgment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/last-judgment-reaa8c3ed533e6a>)
- [Paradise \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/paradise-detail-rd2fc36d35c1dab>)
- [Paradise \(dome frescoes\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/paradise-dome-frescoes-r83e9037988989b>)
- [Paradise](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/paradise-rd49890dd7c0af8>)
- [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(north wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-north-wall-r67b7075634abea>)
- [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(west wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-west-wall-r74d8d353faa766>)
- [St Luke between David and Jeremiah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/st-luke-between-david-and-jeremiah-r3ca100dbe7f515>)
- [Stories of Jacob and Isaac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/stories-of-jacob-and-isaac-r10d1bb73930242>)
- [The Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/the-baptism-of-christ-r677d004d676646>)
- [The Birth of John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/the-birth-of-john-the-baptist-r5474786236dc9b>)
- [The Creation of the World \(detail of the dome fresco\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giusto-de-menabuoi-ra1db961f18b078/the-creation-of-the-world-detail-of-the-dome-fresco-r7f5f4316aeda6a>)

## Attribution

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