GADDI, Agnolo
(active 1369-96 in Florence)

Scenes on the south wall

1385-87
Fresco
Chancel Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence

The sequence of scenes begins in the lunette of the south wall and then extends over the other three image field on the same wall. The frescoes continue on the north wall, beginning again in the lunette.

This picture shows scenes in the third and fourth image fields from the top on the south wall. The third field (top in this picture) depicts the Recovery of the Wood (left) from which the True Cross is Constructed (right). In the fourth field (bottom in this picture) the Retrieval and Trial of the Three Crosses is depicted.