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Basilica di San Francesco: Detail from Legend of Saint Francis 5: Renunciation of Worldly Goods

Detail from Legend of Saint Francis 5: Renunciation of Worldly Goods

Detail from Legend of Saint Francis 5: Renunciation of Worldly Goods. One of 28 frescoes in a series by Giotto in the Upper Church (1297-99). This detail shows Francis' father holding the clothes the future saint has cast off and returned to him.

Credit: Web Gallery of Art / www.wga.hu