COPPO DI MARCOVALDO
(b. ca. 1225, Firenze, d. ca. 1274, Siena)

St Francis and Twenty Episodes from his Life

1240-45
Panel
Bardi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence

The large panel on the altar of the Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce was attributed to Cimabue. However, most recent studies attribute the panel to the mysterious Master of San Francesco Bardi or Coppo di Marcovaldo with whom the anonymous master is perhaps identical.