DEPOSITION FROM THE CROSS - REPRODUCED FROM A COPY MADE BY SIGNOR FALCINELLI OF ASSISI ,View of Assisi,Italy,Perugia Province,Plain of Umbria,Vintage Italian Art Print

1919 Vintage Color Collectible Art Print

Artist: SIR WILLIAM B. RICHMOND K.C.B., R.A.

Approx. Print Overall Size with Tissue Paper : 11 x 9 Inches

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Puccio Capanna, a Giotto follower.

ABOUT THE TOWN: Assisi (Latin: Asisium) is a town and episcopal see in Italy in Perugia province, Italy, in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Mt. Subasio. It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Clares. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows of the 19th century was also born here.The Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi (St Francis) is a World Heritage Site. The Franciscan monastery and the lower and upper church (Basilica inferiore e superiore) of St Francis were begun immediately after his canonization in 1228, and completed 1253. The lower church has frescos by renowed late-medieval artists Cimabue and Giotto; in the Upper church are frescos of scenes in the life of St Francis by Giotto and his circle. The main churches are _ Santa Maria Maggiore, (St. Mary the Greater) the earliest extant church , The Cathedral of San Rufino (St. Rufinus), with a Romanesque façade with three rose windows and a 16th century interior; part of it is built on a Roman cistern. Santa Chiara (St Clare) with its massive lateral buttresses, rose window, and simple Gothic interior, begun in 1257, contains the tomb of the saint and 13th-century frescoes and paintings. Santa Maria degli Angeli, (St. Mary of the Angels), which houses the Porziuncola. The town is dominated by the medieval castle, called "Rocca Maggiore", built by Cardinal Albornoz (1367) and added to by Popes Pius II and Paul III