Catalogue of works - Santa Croce

Santa Croce's superb art heritage was built up over eight centuries thanks to the sophisticated patronage of the Franciscans and of Florence's wealthy families who hired such talented artists as Cimabue, Giotto, Taddeo and Agnolo Gaddi, the Della Robbias, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Vasari, Bronzino, Canova and many more, embellishing the monumental complex with works of art of incomparable value.

Coppo di Marcovaldo, "St. Francis and Twenty Stories from his Life" (“Bardi Altarpiece”), detail, 1245–50, tempera on wood. Florence, Santa Croce, transept

St. Francis and Twenty Stories from His Life (“Bardi Altarpiece”), 1245-1250

Cimabue, Crocifisso, particolare, prima del 1288. Basilica di Santa Croce, sagrestia

Crucifix, Before 1288

Stories of St. John the Baptist and of St. John the Evangelist, c. 1310-1311

Giotto, "Morte di san Francesco, la cui anima viene portata in cielo dagli angeli; verifica delle stimmate da parte dell’incredulo Girolamo", scena delle "Storie di san Francesco", 1317-1321 circa, affresco. Firenze, Santa Croce, transetto destro, cappella Bardi

Stories of St. Francis, 1317-1325

The Tree of Life by Taddeo Gaddi, Refectory of Santa Croce, Florence

Tree of Life and Last Supper, c. 1345-1350

Donatello, Crucifix

Crucifix, c. 1408-1409

Cenotaph of Dante Alighieri, 1818-1829

Monumental Tomb of Vittorio Alfieri, 1804-1810

Monumental Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, about 1445-1450

Monumental tomb of Galileo Galilei, 1737

Memorial to Florence Nightingale, 1913

Monumental Tomb of Niccolò Machiavelli, 1787

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