Giovanni Cimabue - Crucifix

Cimabue (born before 1251—died 1302) painter and mosaicist, the last great Italian artist in the Byzantine style, which had dominated early medieval painting in Italy. Among his surviving works are the frescoes of New Testament scenes in the upper church of S. Francesco, Assisi; the Sta. Trinità Madonna (c. 1290); and the Madonna Enthroned with St. Francis (c. 1290–95).