His style was at the time more reminiscent of works such as the "Christus patiens" (c. 1250) by Giunta Pisano, although Cimabue's Christ is more bent and the clothes have the golden striations introduced by Coppo di Marcovaldo.
Njegovo prvo pripisano mu delo, "Križanje" v cerkvi San Domenico v Arezzu (pripisal mu jo je italijanski umetnostni zgodovinar Pietro Toesca in datiral v okoli 1270), odstopa od bizantinskega sloga.