# Scenes from the Life of St Francis: 6. St Francis before the Sultan \(detail\)

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-6-st-francis-before-the-sultan-detail-r60a7fc24722c90>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [GIOTTO di Bondone](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Scenes from the Life of St Francis: 6. St Francis before the Sultan \(detail\) 1325-28 Fresco Bardi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence In this fresco the faces of the foreigners are painted particularly vividly. The coloured faces lead us to conclude that Nubians or Ethiopians were present in Florence.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Chastity \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-chastity-detail-r1bb3e18bda62e1>)
- [Allegory of Chastity \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-chastity-detail-r46e564818a2a9c>)
- [Allegory of Chastity \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-chastity-detail-r5de2d4fcc57e45>)
- [Allegory of Obedience \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-obedience-detail-r434eb31b838d8c>)
- [Allegory of Obedience \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-obedience-detail-r8a039878ba0ad9>)
- [Allegory of Poverty \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-poverty-detail-r1b466883c14b69>)
- [Allegory of Poverty \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-poverty-detail-r7a55a6ffee805f>)
- [Allegory of Poverty \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/allegory-of-poverty-detail-rcd3bfea558a6af>)
- [Apocalyptic Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/apocalyptic-christ-rb2001335f5ccc2>)
- [Ascension of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/ascension-of-christ-r3883bf4eb9d566>)
- [Badia Polyptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/badia-polyptych-r8f944031197911>)
- [Baroncelli Polyptych: Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/baroncelli-polyptych-coronation-of-the-virgin-r52a2e5b41c1287>)

## Attribution

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