and decay "can be interpreted as a transposition of the Golgotha chapel" in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Other paintings Masaccio produced two other works, a Nativity and an Annunciation, now lost, before leaving for Rome, where his companion Masolino was frescoing a chapel with scenes from the life of St. Catherine in the Basilica di San Clemente. It has never been confirmed that Masaccio collaborated on that work, even though it is possible that he contributed to Masolino's polyptych for the altar of Santa Maria Maggiore with his panel portraying St. Jerome and St. John the Baptist, now in the National Gallery of London. Masaccio died at the end of 1428. According to a legend, he was poisoned by a jealous rival painter. Only four frescoes undoubtedly from Masaccio's hand still exist today, although many other works have been at least partially attributed to him. Others are believed to have been destroyed. Legacy Masaccio profoundly influenced the art of painting and is considered to have begun the Early Italian Renaissance in painting. According to Vasari, all "most celebrated" Florentine "sculptors and painters" studied his frescoes extensively in order to "learn the precepts and rules for painting well." He transformed the direction of Italian painting, moving it away from the idealizations of Gothic art, and, for the first time, presenting it as part of a more profound, natural, and humanist world. Moreover, Masaccio influenced a great many artists both while he was alive and posthumously. His influence is particularly notable in the works of Florentine minor masters, such as Andrea di Giusto, Giovanni dal Ponte, and others who attempted to replicate his glowing, lifelike forms. Main works San Giovenale Triptych (1422) tempera on panel, 108 x 153 cm, Cascia di Reggello Madonna with Child (1424) – tempera on panel, 24 x 18 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1424–1425) – tempera on panel, 175 x 103 cm, Uffizi, Florence The Tribute Money (1424–1428) – fresco, 247 x 597 cm, Brancacci Chapel, Florence Holy Trinity (1425–1428) – fresco, 667 x 317 cm, Santa Maria Novella, Florence Portrait of a Young Man (1425) – wood, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Madonna with Child and Angel (1426) – oil on table, National Gallery, London Crucifixion (c. 1426) – tempera on panel, 83 x 63 cm, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples St. Paul (1426) – tempera on