St. Francis Receiving the Rule by Pope Onorio III, 1483-1486 (fresco)

St. Francis Receiving the Rule by Pope Onorio III (San Francesco riceve la regola da papa Onorio III), by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1483-1486, 15th Century, fresco Whole artwork view. In the central wall at the top is painted the scene of St. Francis received by Pope Onorio III; in the foreground on the right are portrayed side by side Francesco Sassetti, who indicates the three characters standing up on the opposite side, and Lorenzo de' Medici, who holds out his hand to Agnolo Poliziano, the tutor of his sons, he is climbing the stairs with: the third child, the blond-haired one, is John, future Pope Leo X; the middle of the scene is occupied by Franciscans kneeling down in front of the Pope, and members of the clergy, sittingin chairs, attending to the historical event; on the background, Piazza della Signoria with Loggia dei Lanzi without statues, Palazzo Vecchio and the church of San Pier Scheraggio, destroyed to build the Uffizi Domenico Ghirlandaio Church of Santa Trinita