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Edicola con 5 Santi e le stimmate di San Francesco Siena
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Artist: Andrea di Vanni
Current location: Basilica e convento di San Francesco
Original location: Basilica e convento di San Francesco
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
The fresco is located inside the Basilica of San Francesco in Siena and encompasses an entire Sacred Aedicule.
The subjects depicted are:
Blessed Gherardo da Villamagna
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Margaret
Saint Clare
Saint John
The Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi.
The work reflects the typical style of the Sienese school of the second half of the 14th century, strongly influenced by the work of Simone Martini and the Lorenzetti brothers.
The fresco is characterized by a strong mysticism, the use of elegant contours, and a rigorous devotional iconography, linked to the mendicant orders.
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