Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi di San Francesco (The Apotheosis of Saint Francis) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 151 × 103.3 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the chapel…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La Cena de Emaús (The Supper at Emmaus) 1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment after the Resurrection when Jesus is recognized by two disciples as…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco recibiendo los estigmas (Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata) 1585–1590 Oil on canvas, 102.24 × 96.84 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (Stigmatization of Saint Francis) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 278 x 153 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A depiction of a miracle in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi that took place in…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo morto nel sepolcro e tre dolenti (The Dead Christ and Three Mourners) 1470–1474 Tempera on canvas, 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà 1465–1470 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Cristo in pietà (Christ in the Sepulchre) c.1480–1482 Oil on panel, 21 x 41 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella of the Altarpiece of St. Barnabas. Altarpiece of St. Barnabas: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Barnaba c.1480–1482 Galleria degli…
Raffaello (1483-1520) San Francesco d’Assisi (Saint Francis of Assisi) c.1502 Oil on panel, 25.8 x 16.8 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London This panel was originally part of the base (predella) of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). Saint Francis of Assisi (c.…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco rezando (Saint Francis in Prayer) c.1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena St. Francis of Assisi, a mystic and poet, was also the founder of the Franciscans, an important mendicant…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Francesco in estasi (St Francis in Ecstasy) c.1475–1480 Oil on panel, 124.1 × 140.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Details of Giovanni Bellini’s birth and early life remain largely unknown. He grew up in Venice, his likely…