Sister death
St Francis Points to Death, Fresco from c. 1320. North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
This painting is located on the west wall in the northern transept to the right of the stairway leading to the upper story of the cloister. It depicts St Francis raising his right hand, exhorting us to pause, and pointing with his left to a decayed corpse, a crown askew on its head - a reminder of death, before which we all are equal.
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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