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Who commissioned Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes in Padua?
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Lamentation, fresco by Giotto, 1303–05; in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy.
The Arena Chapel in Padua, which features the famous fresco cycle by the Italian painter Giotto, was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni.12
Scrovegni, the son of a notorious usurer mentioned by Dante, built the chapel on the site of a Roman amphitheatre. He is depicted in the chapel's Last Judgment fresco offering a model of the church. The chapel was founded in 1303 and consecrated in 1305, with the frescoes generally dated to the period between 1303 and 1306.12