South elevation of the nave, Old St. Peter's, Rome - GRIMALDI, Giacomo - WGA
South elevation of the nave, Old St. Peter's, Rome by GRIMALDI, Giacomo
South elevation of the nave, Old St. Peter's, Rome by GRIMALDI, Giacomo

South elevation of the nave, Old St. Peter's, Rome

by GRIMALDI, Giacomo, Manuscript (Cod. Barb. lat. 2733)

Folios 113v-114r shows the south elevation of the nave in Old St. Peter’s in Rome. A series of paintings on Old Testament scenes was juxtaposed with a cycle on the life of Christ, in which the Crucifixion stood out by its size. The former series was probably executed under Pope Leo the Great (440-461), while the latter was definitely not painted before the early Middle Ages, perhaps in the seventh century.

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