Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Prayer for the Blossoming of the Branches, by Giotto, 1304 - 1306, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Padua, Scrovegni Chapel. All. Figured panel with half length portraits of Saints and set in a decorative frame with lobate clypei the panel depicts the scene of the prayer for the blossoming of the branches from the Gospel of Pseudo Matthew part of the New Testament Apocrypha the Veneration of the Most Holy bejeweled Altar kneeling figures by an altar.