GIOTTO di Bondone: San Francesco, Assisi:
Legend of St Francis


Location of frescoes/ / Giving Mantle to Poor Man/ Dream of the Palace/ Miracle of the Crucifix/ Renunciation of Wordly Goods/ Dream of Innocent III/ Confirmation of the Rule/ Vision of Flaming Chariot/ Vision of the Thrones/ Excorcism of the Demons/ Trial by Fire/ Ecstasy/ Crib at Greccio/ Miracle of the Spring/ Sermon to the Birds/ Death of the Knight/ St Francis Preaching/ Apparition at Arles/ Stigmatization/ Death and Ascension/ Fra Agostino & Bishop Guido/ Verification of Stigmata/ Mourned by St Clare/ Canonization/ Dream of St Gregory/


Description and location of the Legend of St Francis fresco cycle

Location of frescoes
1297-1300, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Homage of a Simple Man

1. Homage of a Simple Man
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




St Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man

2. St Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Dream of the Palace

3. Dream of the Palace/ Detail
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Miracle of the Crucifix

4. Miracle of the Crucifix
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Renunciation of Wordly Goods

5. Renunciation of Wordly Goods
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Dream of Innocent III

6. Dream of Innocent III/ Detail
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Confirmation of the Rule

7. Confirmation of the Rule
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Vision of the Flaming Chariot

8. Vision of the Flaming Chariot
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Vision of the Thrones

9. Vision of the Thrones
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Exorcism of the Demons of Arezzo

10. Exorcism of the Demons at Arezzo
1297-99, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




St Francis before the Sultan (Trial by Fire)

11. Trial by Fire
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Ecstasy of St Francis

12. Ecstasy of St Francis
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Institution of the Crib at Greccio

13. The Crib at Greccio
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Miracle of the Spring

14. Miracle of the Spring
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Sermon to the Birds

15. Sermon to the Birds
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Death of the Knight of Celano

16. Death of the Knight of Celano
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




St Francis Preaching before Honorius III

17. St Francis Preaching before Honorius III/ Detail
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Apparition at Arles

18. Apparition at Arles/ Detail
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Stigmatization of St Francis

19. Stigmatization of St Francis
1297-1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Death and Ascension of St Francis

20. Death and Ascension of St Francis
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Apparition to Fra Agostino and to Bishop Guido of Arezzo

21. Apparition to Fra Agostino and to Bishop Guido of Arezzo
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Verification of the Stigmata

22. Verification of the Stigmata/ detail
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




St. Francis Mourned by Clare

23. St. Francis Mourned by St. Clare
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Canonization of St Francis

24. Canonization
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi




Dream of St Gregory

25. Dream of St Gregory
1300, Fresco, 270 x 230 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi





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