The Basilica of St Francis

Saints from Siena, Saints Jerome and Peter

  • The next canvas, painted by Jacopo Zucchi, was placed in the chapel of the Patrizi family who commissioned it after 1575. In the lower part of the painting there are five saints, their eyes rapt in the contemplation of the Blessed Virgin in glory, the Infant Christ and Little St. John. The figures are arranged in the shape of a pyramid: the Blessed Virgin is at the summit, underneath stands St. . . .