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Saint Francis before the Pope: The Granting of the Indulgence of the Portiuncula
Sassetta
1437-44 · Egg tempera on poplar
Dimensions 88.4 x 52 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
In a vaulted green hall a pope blesses Saint Francis, watched by a king and nine cardinals (eight dressed in red, one in blue). Francis’s companion...
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