s0222l-CENNI di PEPO (GIOVANNI) CIMABUE, Bencivieni Di Pepo, Benvenuto Di Giuseppe, born 1240-1302 in Florence, Italy, was a painter and creator of mosaics
The Madonna of St. Francis at Basilica inferiore di San Francesco in Assisi, Italy
Maesta, 1280-1285, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Detail of Christ, Kristi gripande
Maria mit Engeln, or La Vierge et l'Enfant en majesté entourés de six anges 1270, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Crucifix, 1287-1288, Panel, 448 x 390 cm, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence.

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Image is The Madonna of St. Francis in the Basilica inferiore di San Francesco, Palazzo degli Assisi, Florence, Italy
Was a student of Giotto, one of the last great painters working in the Byzantine tradition, maybe the last Byzantine style artist and pioneered movement towards naturalism, discovered the artist Giotto, 'The Madonna of St. Francis' in Church of St. Francis in Assisi Italy, 'Crucifix' in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence Italy (1287-8), 'Madonna and Child Enthroned with Eight Angels and Four Prophets' in the Gallery degli Uffizi in Florence Italy (1285-6), 'The Capture of Christ' possibly done by Cimabue is in the Church of San Francesco of Assisi in Pisa Italy, 'St Francis' detail from painting in the Church of St. Francis in Assisi Italy, passed in Pisa, more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimabue