Saint Francis and Scenes from His Life mk68
Tempera on panel
Pescia.Church of San Francesco
new4/BERLINGHIERI, Bonaventura-999382.jpgPainting ID:: 30381
Italian Gothic Era Painter, active 1215-1242
Italian painter. Originally from Lucca, he was the most gifted of a family of Lombardian painters. His Scenes from the Life of St. Francis on the predella of the altar of San Francesco (Pescia) is the earliest known visual representation of St. Francis' life. Also noted are Scenes from the Life of St. Francis (Santa Croce, Florence) and St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Accademia, Florence).
Saint Francis and Scenes from His Life mk68
Tempera on panel
Pescia.Church of San Francesco
