Frescoes on the arch of the south transept of the Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
by Pietro LORENZETTI

On the concluding wall of the transept Pietro painted events after the death of Christ: high up on the arch the Descent into Limbo and the Resurrection, below, on a flat surface, the Deposition and the Entombment, monumental groups with life-size figures. Under the Deposition there is a painted architecture with a trompe l'oeil bench. The wall is divided by an altar-niche, destined to be the burial place of Cardinal Napoleone Orsini. The fresco decoration of this chapel is lost except for the triptych representing the Madonna and Child between Sts John and Francis. The tomb below the triptych is empty.

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Descent into Limbo
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1728*900
True Color
102 Kb



Resurrection
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1731*900
True Color
122 Kb



Resurrection
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1084*1000
True Color
201 Kb



Deposition of Christ from the Cross
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

850*1218
True Color
188 Kb



Deposition of Christ from the Cross
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1192*850
True Color
153 Kb



Entombment
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1185*850
True Color
168 Kb



Painted architecture
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1141*800
True Color
171 Kb



Madonna and Child with St Francis and St John the Baptist
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1295*700
True Color
191 Kb



Stigmata of St Francis
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1050*851
True Color
159 Kb



Stigmata of St Francis (detail)
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1070*850
True Color
154 Kb




Paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti
| Paintings in the Lower Church, Assisi | Various paintings |