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Lamentation, fresco by Giotto, 1303–05; in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy.
The Navicella mosaic, a depiction of Christ Walking on the Water located over the entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, was commissioned by Cardinal Stefaneschi.1