# Madonna and Child with St Francis and St John the Baptist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LORENZETTI, Pietro]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Madonna and Child with St Francis and St John the Baptist c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi This triptych is set above the altar in the south arm of the western transept. The two saint flanking the Madonna and Child allude by hand gestures to the presence of Cardinal Napoleone Orsini, destined to be buried in the niche underneath. The Baptist holds a scroll with a Latin inscription: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord. ## Related artworks - [A Female Saint]() - [A Freanciscan Saint]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Beata Umiltà Heals a Sick Nun]() - [Beata Umiltà Transports Bricks to the Monastery]() - [Capture of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Capture of Christ]() - [Crowned Female Figure]() - [Crucifix \(detail\)]() - [Crucifix \(detail\)]() - [Crucifix \(detail\)]() - [Crucifix]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()