St Anthony and St Francis Fresco by Simone Martini
St Anthony of Padua and St Francis. Fresco, 215 x 185 cm
Cappella di San Martino, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
On the underside of the entrance arch of the Cappella di San Martino eight full-length saints are painted in four pairs. They are Saints Francis, Clare, and Anthony of Padua - tributes to the Order that administered the Basilica - as well as other saints connected to Robert of Anjou: Louis of Toulouse, his older brother; Elizabeth of Hungary, the aunt of his mother, Mary; Louis IX, King of France, his great-grandfather; Mary Magdalene and Catherine of Alexandria, saints his father Charles II was particularly devoted to.
Simone Martini was a Sienese Gothic artist who developed a highly decorative painting technique that exerted a strong influence on Tuscan art until the mid-quattrocento, decorating haloes and the borders of panel-paintings. Simone's wall-painting technique, focusing particularly on his incorporation of decorative methods traditional in panel-painting, and frescoes.
Martini is believed to have been a student of Giotto di Bondone, the foremost Florentine painter of his day, whom he followed to Rome.
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Franciscan Gallery charges for the access to high resolution copy of the image. Manually restoration was necessary in order to improve quality, without covering the original image.
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