Where Is Confirmation of the Rule? Museum Location

Q: Where is Confirmation of the Rule?

This fresco decorates the walls of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Italy.

Q: Who painted Confirmation of the Rule?

Giotto di Bondone created this fresco as part of the Saint Francis cycle in Assisi.

Q: What Franciscan event is shown?

Giotto depicts Pope Honorius III approving the Franciscan Rule in 1223. Part of his famous fresco cycle at the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, it's a landmark of early Renaissance narrative painting.

Giotto di Bondone painted the moment when Pope Honorius III confirmed the Franciscan Rule. This fresco is part of the Legend of Saint Francis cycle in Assisi. Giotto's figures possess a weight and humanity new to medieval painting.

The frescoes at Assisi represent a turning point in Western art, moving toward naturalism. This scene is painted on the walls of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi.

This fresco decorates the walls of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Italy.

Giotto di Bondone created this fresco as part of the Saint Francis cycle in Assisi.

Giotto depicts Pope Honorius III approving the Franciscan Rule in 1223. Part of his famous fresco cycle at the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, it's a landmark of early Renaissance narrative painting.

Confirmation of the Rule

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