The Crucifixion in the south transept of the Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
by Pietro LORENZETTI

On the curved wall below the vaults Pietro created the huge Crucifixion, the most ambitious of all pre-Renaissance crowd scenes; it comprises some fifty figures, each strongly differentiated. Under the Crucifixion, at eye level, he painted a 'sacred conversation', Mary and Child between Sts Francis and John the Evangelist.

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

1101*900
True Color
180 Kb



Crucifixion (detail)
1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

660*932
True Color
153 Kb



Crucifixion (detail)
1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

690*894
True Color
136 Kb



Crucifixion (detail)
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

850*1163
True Color
184 Kb



Crucifixion (detail)
1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1006*640
True Color
182 Kb



Crucifixion (detail)
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1000*1377
True Color
193 Kb



Crucifixion (detail)
c. 1320
Fresco
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1000*1222
True Color
189 Kb



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

1188*800
True Color
173 Kb




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