Ben Stephens enjoys a magnificent, well-balanced and sensitive exhibition about St Francis of Assisi.
Having asked where in the building I might find the National Gallery’s most recently-opened exhibition, a kind attendant smiled at me with a look of benevolent patience which I assume he reserves for visiting idiots and members of the press. Gesturing just over my shoulder he pointed out a feature wall running the whole length of the downstairs cafe and emblazoned with “Saint Francis of Assisi” in large golden letters.
