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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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



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