Painting ID:: 21147
St Francis and Scenes from his Life (mk08) 1235
Tempera on wood
160x123cm
Pescia,
San Francesco
BERLINGHIERI, Bonaventura 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). St Francis and Scenes from his Life (mk08) 1235
Tempera on wood
160x123cm
Pescia,
San Francesco
