MASTER of the Isaac Stories
Italian painter (active 1290s)

The contribution of the Isaac Master (the young Giotto according to some scholars) to the clerestory frescoes of the upper church was not limited to the two scenes with Isaac from which the painter's name derives. He and his workshop were evidently assigned the decoration of the clerestory and vault zone in the first bay and on the entrance wall. Regrettably, most of the paintings attributed to the Isaac Master and his workshop have been destroyed. The only work that substantially survives is the vault with the church fathers, which until 1997 was fully intact, but it was damaged heavily by the earthquake of September 1997 that caused the east vault cell to collapse.

Reproductions of the frescoes in the Upper Church are listed in the Web Gallery of Art in sections of Cimabue, Giotto, Jacopo Torriti, Master of Saint Cecilia, Master of the Isaac Stories, and Unknown Italian Masters.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Vault with the Church Fathers
c. 1295
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

825*1010
True Color
287 Kb



Vault with the Church Fathers
c. 1295
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

730*958
True Color
178 Kb



Vault with the Church Fathers
c. 1295
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

850*1029
True Color
235 Kb



The Doctors of the Church (detail of St Jerome)
1290-95
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

875*677
True Color
182 Kb



The Doctors of the Church (detail)
1290-95
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

542*800
True Color
175 Kb



Scenes from the Old Testament: Isaac Blessing Jacob
1290s
Fresco, 300 x 300 cm
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1126*1400
True Color
258 Kb



Scenes from the Old Testament: Isaac Blessing Jacob (detail)
1290s
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

640*784
True Color
116 Kb



Scenes from the Old Testament: Isaac Rejecting Esau
1290s
Fresco, 300 x 300 cm
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1116*1400
True Color
268 Kb



Scenes from the Old Testament: Isaac Rejecting Esau (detail)
1290s
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1164*770
True Color
173 Kb



Scenes from the Old Testament: Isaac Rejecting Esau (detail)
1290s
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

911*1200
True Color
186 Kb



Scenes from the Old Testament: Isaac Rejecting Esau (detail)
1290s
Fresco
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

1000*1203
True Color
206 Kb