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The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco in chapel at S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi) 1514–16 Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro) Italian This carefully rendered working drawing of about 1514-16 was produced as a cartoon, or full-scale design, for the figure of the Blessed Egidius frescoed on the right entrance wall of the small polygonal chapel (the 'Cappella del Transito') by the south transept of the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, marking the location where Saint Francis died on October 3, 1226. A Franciscan friar and a close companion of the famous saint, the Blessed Egidius (a
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