Byzanto-Italian art

A 14th-Century Italo-Byzantine St Francis of Assisi And His Habit at the National Gallery, London

A 14th-Century Italo-Byzantine St Francis of Assisi And His Habit at the National Gallery, London

The iconographic stylization persisted in Italy in some regions due in part to the fact the some parts of Italy remained under Byzantine rule until as late as the 11th century and the painting style continued, passed down by tradition.