Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving Stigmata (detail)

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Publisher

Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Abstract

Giotto's altar-piece illustrates four episodes in the life of the holy founder of the mendicant order of the Franciscans (1182-1226). With some variants, the compositions are drawn from frescoes executed around 1290 (?) by the young Giotto in the upper Basilica of Assisi. Signed along the lower edge of the frame, the Louvre panel is a decisive element in the attribution of the Assisi cycle to Giotto, which was once contested. He was the first painter in the history of Western art to set figures within a coherent space and give them structural consistency.

Keywords

Paris, France, Assis, Italy (Basilica of Assisi), Style: Italian Early Renaissance, School: Early Renaissance, Movement: Renaissance, Florentine, Painting;, Painting

Geographic Location

Paris, France; Assis, Italy (Basilica of Assisi)

Type

StillImage

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

A01-KIF0008

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving Stigmata (detail)

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