SIMONE MARTINI
(b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon)

Madonna and Child between St Stephen and St Ladislaus

1320-25
Fresco, 110 x 200 cm
Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

The fresco representing Madonna and Child between St Stephen and St Ladislaus (both were Hungarian kings) is on the east wall of the north arm of the western transept. It was painted around the same time as the frescoes in the St Martin Chapel.