"The monument constructed for me." Evidence for the first tomb monument of Enrico Scrovegni in the Arena Chapel, Padua

Simon, Robin (2014) "The monument constructed for me." Evidence for the first tomb monument of Enrico Scrovegni in the Arena Chapel, Padua. In: Venice and the Veneto during the Renaissance: the Legacy of Benjamin Kohl. Reti Medievali E-Book (21). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 385-404. ISBN 978-88-6655-663-3

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Abstract

The wall monument to Enrico Scrovegni in the Arena Chapel in Padua was realized by Scrovegni’s heirs about fifteen years after his death. This paper focuses on a marble Madonna and Child with two flanking angels by Giovanni Pisano, currently on the high altar of the chapel, and on a standing statue of Enrico “from the life”, by a different sculptor and now in the nearby Museo Civico. It suggests that they were originally intended as key elements of a tomb monument for Enrico, whose plan was superseded and modified by the later monument. Among the evidence produced: inferences from the tomb monuments of Ubertino and Jacopo II da Carrara; iconographical characteristics of the Pisano group; the complicated history of the building and decoration of the chapel, whose apse seems the intended site of the original monument; and suggestions as to the different positions in the chapel occupied over time by the Pisano group.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Nella sezione: "Society, Religion and Art".
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages; 14th century; Padua; Art; Sculpture; Iconography; patronage; Enrico Scrovegni; Giovanni Pisano
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2019 14:16
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2024 13:11
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/5012

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