# St Francis and Eight Scenes from his Life \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Tempera on wood ## Commentary St Francis and Eight Scenes from his Life \(detail\) c.1250 Tempera on wood Museo Civico, Pistoia The picture shows one of the eight scenes of the Pistoian altarpiece. Pointed in shape, the altarpiece was originally in the local church of San Francesco al Prato. It revisits the usual typology of images present in the Franciscan churches of the region since the beginning of the thirteenth century, an example being the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/berlingh/stfranci.html'\)" HREF="/html/b/berlingh/stfranci.html">altarpiece by Bonaventura Berlinghieri.</A> ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()