Enrico Scrovegni was a Paduan money-lender who lived around the time of Giotto and Dante. He was the son of Reginaldo degli Scrovegni and Capellina Malacapelli...
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The Scrovegni Chapel (Italian: Cappella degli Scrovegni [kapˈpɛlla deʎʎi skroˈveɲɲi]), also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to...
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a usurer by Dante in the Divine Comedy, and to be the father of Enrico degli Scrovegni, who commissioned the famous Arena Chapel painted by Giotto. In...
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road bicycle racer Enrico degli Scrovegni (14th century), Paduan nobleman Enrico Di Giuseppe (1932–2005), American operatic tenor Enrico Donati (1909–2008)...
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Giotto (section Scrovegni Chapel)
14th-century fresco cycles in different buildings around the city centre. Enrico degli Scrovegni commissioned the chapel to serve as family worship, burial space...
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friars). Not all later members of the order were corrupt—Enrico degli Scrovegni patronised the Scrovegni Chapel—but the order was eventually suppressed by Pope...
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of frescoes completed in 1305 by Giotto. It was commissioned by Enrico degli Scrovegni, a wealthy banker, as a private chapel once attached to his family's...
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Parma con DVD, Einaudi, Torino, 2007. L'affare migliore di Enrico. Giotto e la cappella Scrovegni, Einaudi, Torino, 2008. La voce delle immagini. Pillole...
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the 1302 he was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni to paint the family chapel, now known just by the name of Scrovegni Chapel, one of the most important...
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Giusto dei Menabuoi in which the scheme of Giotto's Last Judgment at the Scrovegni Chapel is taken up. Finally, mention can be made of the Stories from the...
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