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occupation and accidentally re-installed at Santa Croce. Procacci also realized that the altarpiece was too large for the site of the altar then at the Badia. He discovered that a 1628 renovation had resulted in a change of the altar's location, leading to his discovery of a hidden fresco in the
135:, and identified thanks to a cartouche on it saying "Badia di Firenze", which was added in 1810. The dating of the work is disputed, ranging from the early 14th century to a period following Giotto's work in the 131:. However, the work was not documented anymore for centuries, and was considered to be lost. In the 19th century, however, it was found in the archives of the Museum of 146:, Ugo Procacci noticed the polyptych being carried out of the Santa Croce basilica. He reasoned that it had been removed from the Badia Fiorentina during the 195: 194:
of St. Nicholas, the gesture of the Child grasping at his mother's neckline and St. Peter's stole. Similar details were used by Giotto also in
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Badia. The polyptych was restored in 1958, with layers of overpaint and a later top (concealing the gables) removed. After surviving the
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The work is composed by five framed paintings with a triangular cusp, and portrays the busts of the
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agree in mentioning the presence of a polyptych by Giotto at the high altar in the
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142 cm × 337 cm (56 in × 133 in)
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In 1940, during the safe hiding of various works during
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Index


Giotto
Italian
Giotto
Uffizi Gallery
Florence
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Giorgio Vasari
Badia Fiorentina
Santa Croce of Florence
Cappella degli Scrovegni
World War II
Napoleonic
1966 flood of the Arno
Virgin Mary
Nicholas of Bari
John the Evangelist
Peter
Benedict
chiaroscuro
crosier
Rimini Crucifix
Stigmata of St. Francis


The World of Giotto: c. 1267–1337
ISBN
0-900658-15-0
Page at the Florentine museums website
Page at Google art

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