Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Studio per San Francesco che riceve le stimmate (Study for Saint Francis receiving the stigmata) s.d. Pen and brush on paper, 20.8 x 15.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) San Francesco sorretto dall’angelo (Saint Francis supported by an Angel) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 126 x 98 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The subject of the angelic consolation of Saint Francis became popular in the second half of…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La Vergine col Bambino appare a San Francesco d’Assisi (The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi) 1680s Oil on canvas, 239.4 x 195.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This work represents the High Baroque…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Madonna col Bambino e i Santi Francesco e Lucia (Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Lucy) 1583 Oil on canvas, 258.4 x 167.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 152 × 99 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Zurbarán’s most austere and intensely spiritual works. He shows Saint Francis in a moment of…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1639 Oil on canvas, 162 × 137 cm National Gallery, London In this moving painting, Saint Francis is shown meditating in a landscape. His cowl (or hood) is pulled…
(1874–1936) Gilbert Keith Chesterton Works: • A Chesterton Calendar (English) • A Miscellany of Men (English) • A Short History of England (English) • Alarms and Discursions (English) • All Things Considered (English) • Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Saint Francis c.1615 Oil on panel, 99 × 78.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Franciscans were among the reformed religious orders whose preaching and teaching activities helped revive the Roman Catholic Church in the Southern…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco de Asís en su tumba (Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb) 1630–1634 Oil on canvas, 204.79 × 113.35 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco contemplando una calavera (St. Francis Contemplating a Skull) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 30.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis St. Francis of Assisi was a 13th-century Christian friar and preacher famous for…