Bonaventura Berlinghierri
St. Francis

1235
Tempera on wood
Church of San Francesco, Pescia

This is one of the earliest altarpieces dedicated to the saint, who was canonized in 1228. The arrangement of images is typical of the 13th century, with a tall central image of a saint flanked by small panels illustrating the saint's life or some other sequence.

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