# The Deposition

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of St Francis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca>)
- Date: 1251-1300
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

This painting was once part of a retable. It corresponded largely to the depiction of the same theme, now partly destroyed, in the Lower Church at Assisi.

## Related artworks

- [Crucifix \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/crucifix-detail-r738c57d3665e04>)
- [Crucifix \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/crucifix-detail-rd085453edae055>)
- [Crucifix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/crucifix-r7b653757b59238>)
- [Crucifix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/crucifix-rac8e60dcc5006e>)
- [Crucifix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/crucifix-rf781cd986886e1>)
- [Scenes from the Life of St Francis: Francis Preaching to the Birds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-francis-preaching-to-the-birds-rf6c94673300a38>)
- [Scenes from the Life of St Francis: Funeral of St Francis \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-funeral-of-st-francis-detail-r4ff74cb2b114f9>)
- [Scenes from the Life of St Francis: Renunciation of Worldly Goods](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-renunciation-of-worldly-goods-r25ebfd209d5f8f>)
- [Scenes from the Life of St Francis: St Francis Receives the Stigmata](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-st-francis-receives-the-stigmata-rece692daf3fd22>)
- [Scenes from the Passion of Christ: Christ on the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-passion-of-christ-christ-on-the-cross-r929116556008db>)
- [Scenes from the Passion of Christ: Deposition of Christ from the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-passion-of-christ-deposition-of-christ-from-the-cross-r91bc638afa6b83>)
- [Scenes from the Passion of Christ: Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-st-francis-r52229a51b78fca/scenes-from-the-passion-of-christ-lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-r6bdafdd6e017c2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)