# St Francis Points to Death

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giotto-di-bondone-rbbbd987e3570d4/st-francis-points-to-death-r9ba0536f1cbb22>)

## Artwork

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

## Commentary

St Francis Points to Death c. 1320 Fresco 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.

## 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>)