The Legend of St. Francis of Assisi

Sassetta (1392 - 1450)

National Gallery

1437 - 1444

Seven panels, trefoiled top. They originally formed the back of an altarpiece painted for the Church of San Francesco at Borgo Sansepolero together with one other in the Chantilly Museum. 1: St Francis and the Beggar and the Dream of St Francis; 2: St Francis Renouncing his Heritage; 3: St Francis and the Conversion of the Wolf of Gubbio; 4: St Francis before the Soldan; 5: St Francis before the Pope; 6: St Francis Receiving Stigmata; 7: The Funeral of St Francis.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: 88 x 52 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £43,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1934
• Vendor: Clarence Mackay

Provenance

Church San Francesco, altarpiece dismembered in 1752, but remained in the church till bought by Cav. Sergiuliani of Arezzo, 1810; collection of the Abate Angelucci, 1819; Demidoff coll, Florence, 1837; 1840 Chantilly panel purchased; remaining 6 to Chalandon collection, Paris, 7th to coll of the Comte de Martel; remained in these colls til bought by Lord Duveen who sold all 7 to the Clarence Mackay collection, New York, 1927.

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