Updated oktober 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 56 works by Stefano di Giovanni in our catalogue
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According to this ranking, Madonna of Humility (1432) is the most famous painting by Stefano di Giovanni; the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlijn, holds it. It is followed by Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail) (1435) and Saint Francis and the Poor Knight, and Francis's Vision (1437). This list draws on the 56 works by Stefano di Giovanni in the catalogue and records the 56 most famous, with date, holding museum and description for each entry.
In the quiet sanctity of the early fifteenth century, few images capture the profound intimacy of the divine as gracefully as Sassetta’s Madonna of Humility. Painted around 1432, this masterpiece serves as a breathtaking window into a period where the ethereal meets the earthly. The composition centers on the Virgin Mary, not seated upon a distant, golden throne, but nestled in a posture of profound humility that defines her very…
The panel titled Saint Francis and the Poor Knight, and Francis's Vision emerges from the hand of the artist Sassetta. Created about 1437, this work exists as the first of eight distinct paintings that once formed the back of a large, richly coloured and elaborate altarpiece. It belongs to the larger San Sepolcro Altarpiece, a significant assembly of devotional imagery.
The work is titled The Funeral of Saint Francis and Verification of the Stigmata. It was executed by the artist Sassetta (Stefano Di Giovanni) between 1437 and 1444. This panel functions as the final movement in a larger narrative cycle, serving as the eighth and concluding scene in a series of eight depictions of the life of Saint Francis.
The Agony in the Garden is a poignant and spiritually charged tempera painting from the Early Renaissance period. The composition depicts the biblical scene of Christ's agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, set against a dark, star-studded nocturnal sky and a landscape of rolling hills and a winding path. In the foreground, several apostles are shown in various states of deep sleep, their bodies slumped and heads bowed in a…
The work titled Saint Francis before the Sultan is a creation of the artist Sassetta. It emerged from the studio between 1437 and 1444. This panel was originally conceived as part of the San Sepolcro Altarpiece, a large and complex structure commissioned for the Franciscans of Borgo Sansepolcro, Italy. The piece functioned as part of a double-sided polyptych, a structural arrangement that allowed the sacred narrative to unfold on both…
This tempera on poplar panel, dating to c. 1435, presents a solitary figure of Saint Margaret against a shimmering gold ground. The composition is vertical and centered, emphasizing a sense of stillness and spiritual focus. She is draped in a heavy, dark mantle over a deep crimson tunic, her head tilted with a gentle, serene expression. At her feet, a dark, dragon-like creature is visible, a symbolic representation of her…
In this vertical composition, Sassetta presents Saint Apollonia as a single, centered figure. The saint is positioned against a flat, decorative gold background that emphasizes her presence through a sense of divine stillness. Her expression remains calm and contemplative, a quietude that contrasts with the heavy symbolism of her attributes. She holds the pincers used in her martyrdom, a specific detail that identifies her within the religious tradition. This object,…
St. Nicholas of Bari1430
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Madonna of the Snow Altarpiece1432
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St Anthony the Hermit Tortured by the Devils1423
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The Ecstasy of St Francis (detail)1437 · Villa i Tatti
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The Procession to Calvary1441 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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The Betrayal of Christ1437 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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Madonna of Humility1437 · National Gallery of Art
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St. Anthony of Padua1450
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Madonna and Child with Angels1437
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St Matthew1437 · Collezione Vittorio Cini
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Assumption of Mary with Angel Choirs1450 · Gemäldegalerie
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The Wolf of Gubbio1450 · National Gallery
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Virgin of Humility1440 · Collezione Vittorio Cini
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St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost1423 · Szépművészeti Múzeum
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Damnation of the Soul of the Miser of Citerna1437 · Louvre
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The Ecstasy of St Francis1437 · Villa i Tatti
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St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost1423 · Szépművészeti Múzeum
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St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost (detail)1423 · Szépművészeti Múzeum
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St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost (detail)1423 · Szépművészeti Múzeum
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Miracle of the Eucharist1423 · Bowes Museum
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Death of the Heretic on the Bonfire1423 · National Gallery of Victoria
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St Jerome (detail)1423 · Pinacoteca Nazionale
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Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore1430
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The mystical marriage of Saint Francis of Assisi1444
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The Annunciation "1435 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail)1435 · Museo Diocesano
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The Stigmatisation of St Francis1437 · National Gallery
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The Blessed Ranieri Frees the Poor from a Prison in Florence1437 · Louvre
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Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail)1435 · Museo Diocesano
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Virgin and Child with Saints1437 · Louvre
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The Blessed Ranieri Frees the Poor from a Jail in Florence1444 · Louvre
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St Thomas Before the Cross1423 · Vaticaanse Pinacoteca
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The Blessed Raniero of Borgo San Sepolcro Appearing to a Cardinal in a Dream1444 · Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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St. Francis Kneeling before Christ on the CrossCleveland Museum of Art
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The Last Supper1423 · Pinacoteca Nazionale
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St Anthony the Hermit Tortured by the Devils1423 · Pinacoteca Nazionale
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St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost (detail)1423 · Szépművészeti Múzeum
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Madonna and Child with AngelsMetropolitan Museum of Art
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The Annunciation
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The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. PaulNational Gallery of Art
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The Journey of the Magi1435 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Het huwelijk van Sint Franciscus met Mevrouw Armoede1437 · Musée Condé
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Saint Francis renounces his Earthly Father1437 · National Gallery
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St. Anthony Beaten by Devils1423 · Pinacoteca Nazionale
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Madonna of Humility with Four Saints1435 · Museo Diocesano
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The Virgin and Child with Saints1430 · Galleria degli Uffizi
The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Stefano di Giovanni | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 National Gallery |
Londen | 6 | Saint Francis and the Poor Knight, and Francis's Vision, The Funeral of Saint Francis, Saint Francis before the Sultan |
 Szépművészeti Múzeum |
Boedapest | 5 | St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost, St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost, St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost (detail) |
 Museo Diocesano |
Cortona | 4 | Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail), Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail), Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail) |
 National Gallery of Art |
Washington | 4 | Saint Margaret, Saint Apollonia, Madonna of Humility |
 Louvre |
Parijs | 4 | Damnation of the Soul of the Miser of Citerna, The Blessed Ranieri Frees the Poor from a Prison in Florence, Virgin and Child with Saints |
 Pinacoteca Nazionale |
Siena | 4 | St Jerome (detail), The Last Supper, St Anthony the Hermit Tortured by the Devils |
 Detroit Institute of Arts |
Detroit | 3 | The Agony in the Garden, The Procession to Calvary, The Betrayal of Christ |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 3 | The Annunciation ", Madonna and Child with Angels, The Journey of the Magi |
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In the quiet sanctity of the early fifteenth century, few images capture the profound intimacy of the divine as gracefully as Sassetta’s Madonna of Humility. Painted around 1432, this masterpiece serves as a breathtaking window into a period where the ethereal meets the earthly. The composition centers on the Virgin Mary, not seated upon a distant, golden throne, but nestled in a posture of profound humility that defines her very…
The work is titled The Funeral of Saint Francis and Verification of the Stigmata. It was executed by the artist Sassetta (Stefano Di Giovanni) between 1437 and 1444. This panel functions as the final movement in a larger narrative cycle, serving as the eighth and concluding scene in a series of eight depictions of the life of Saint Francis.
The work titled Saint Francis before the Sultan is a creation of the artist Sassetta. It emerged from the studio between 1437 and 1444. This panel was originally conceived as part of the San Sepolcro Altarpiece, a large and complex structure commissioned for the Franciscans of Borgo Sansepolcro, Italy. The piece functioned as part of a double-sided polyptych, a structural arrangement that allowed the sacred narrative to unfold on both…
Madonna of Humility (1432), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlijn. The following entries are Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail) (1435) and Saint Francis and the Poor Knight, and Francis's Vision (1437).
40 years: Stefano di Giovanni was born in 1392 and Madonna of Humility is dated 1432.
Madonna of Humility, Virgin with Child and Four Saints (detail), Saint Francis and the Poor Knight, and Francis's Vision, The Funeral of Saint Francis, The Agony in the Garden, Saint Francis before the Sultan, Saint John the Evangelist, The burning of a heretic, Saint Margaret and Saint Apollonia. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.
The catalogue records 56 works by Stefano di Giovanni, dated between 1412 and 1450.
Principally in National Gallery (Londen), Szépművészeti Múzeum (Boedapest) and Museo Diocesano (Cortona). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
In 1430s: 27 of the 56 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Madonna of Humility.
The earliest dated work listed here is Saint John the Evangelist (1412); the latest is Saint Francis before the Sultan (1450).
People (7), Saints (6) and Religious scene (6), out of the 56 works listed on this page.
Tempera On Panel, in 16 of the 56 works listed on this page.
Early renaissance, as documented by the works on this page.
Saint Francis and the Poor Knight, and Francis's Vision, The Funeral of Saint Francis and Saint Francis before the Sultan are among the 6 works on this page in the collection of the National Gallery, Londen.
Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.
In het lichtrijke tijdperk van het Italiaanse Quattrocento roepen weinig namen de delicate overgang van de middeleeuwen naar de moderniteit zo aangrijpend op als Stefano di Giovanni, door de geschiedenis liefkozender bekend als Sassetta. Als een spilfiguur van de Sienese School vormt zijn kunstenaarschap een diepgaande brug tussen de decoratieve elegantie van de late gotiek en het ontluikende realisme van de renaissance. Hoewel de exacte oorsprong van zijn leven gehuld blijft in de nevelen van de tijd—waarbij geleerden debatteren of hij in Siena of wellicht Cortona werd geboren—is zijn aanwezigheid in het Toscaanse landschap onmiskenbaar. Zijn werk draagt de ritmische, lyrische ziel van Siena in zich, maar ademt tegelijkertem een nieuwe, observerende vitaliteit die wijst op een kunstenaar die diep verbonden was met de veranderende winden van zijn tijd.
Sassetta’s creatieve reis was er een van verfijnde synthese. Hij bezat het zeldzame vermogen om de traditionele Sienese stijl—gekenmerkt door fijnmazige details en spirituele diepgang—te eren, terwijl hij tegelijkertijd de revolutionaire vernieuwingen uit Florence absorbeerde. De invloed van meesters zoals Masaccio, Masolino en Gentile da Fabriano is voelbaar in zijn evoluerende beheersing van ruimtelijke relaties en het gebruik van licht. Hij kopieerde deze nieuwe technieken niet louter; hij integreerde ze om zijn figuren te voorzien van een naturalistische gloed, waardoor het licht hun vormen overtuigend kon boetseren en een gevoel van samenhangende, ademende ruimte binnen zijn composities kon creëren.
Het oeuvre van Sassetta is een getuigenis van zijn meesterschap in de narratieve schilderkunst, waarbij elke penseelstreek een hoger spiritueel doel dient. Zijn werken fungeren vaak als vensters naar het goddelijke, waarbij hij een verfijnd kleurenpalet en ritmische composities gebruikt om de kijker door heilige geschiedenissen te leiden. In meesterwerken zoals Het Laatste Avondmaal toont hij een buitengewone vaardigheid in het vastleggen van complexe emotioneerde staten, waarbij hij aardetinten en zorgvuldig perspectief gebruikt om het diepgaande religieuze verhaal te verankeren in een tastbare, plechtige realiteit. Zijn vermogen om de ornamentale schoonheid van de gotische traditie te balanceren met een groeiend gevoel voor menselijk drama, maakt zijn panelen uniek boeiend.
Naast de intieme schaal van zijn kleinere panelen verwierf Sassetta grote bekendheid door belangrijke altaarstukken en polyptieken die het religieuze landschap van zijn tijd definieerden. Enkele van zijn meest opmerkelijke artistieke prestaties omvatten:
De historische betekenis van Sassetta ligt in zijn rol als zowel bewaker als innovator. Hij zorgde ervoor dat de unieke identiteit van de Sienese School niet verdween onder de dominantie van Florence, maar zich juist ontwikkelde om de nieuwe taal van realisme en diepte te omarmen. Zijn schilderijen zijn niet louter relikwieën uit een voorbij tijdperk; het zijn levende dialogen tussen de oude en de nieuwe wereld. Door zijn delicate behandeling van licht, zijn beheersing van symbolische iconografie en zijn diepe empathie voor zijn onderwerpen, liet Sassetta een onuitwisbare indruk achter op de geschiedenis van de Italiaanse kunst en verzekerde hij zijn plaats als een van de belangrijkste vertegenwoordigers van de Sienese Renaissance.
