St. Francis of Assisi with Donors in a Historiated Initial from an Unidentified Manuscript

St. Francis of Assisi with Donors in a Historiated Initial from an Unidentified Manuscript

c. 1400 · Italy

Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on parchment

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson

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