Shop art print and framed art Saint François d'Assise recevant les stigmates by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Subjects : Religion
Keywords : saint
(Ref : 64811) © RMN /René-Gabriel Ojéda
Saint François d'Assise recevant les stigmates by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo(Ref : 64811) © RMN /René-Gabriel Ojéda
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Saint François d'Assise recevant les stigmates
Saint Francis of Assisi at Prayer is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish artist Murillo, created in c. 1645-1650, now in the Antwerp Cathedral.
The artist presents Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscans, in prayer, he is kneeled with folded hands, on a rock. The cross and the skull are two elements typical of Francis of Assisi's iconography.?
The mystical contact with God is presented by the light that emanates from the sky. The scene was presented in the convention of a cloudy evening. Francis is wearing the Franciscan brown habit with a hood, patched with large pieces of lighter cloth. The monastic dress is tied with a white rope, as is the custom of Franciscans. The saint has the signs of the stigmatization, the hands and the tearing of the habit on the left side allow to see the [...]
This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the baroque style.
« Saint François d'Assise recevant les stigmates » is kept at Museum of Fine Arts, Seville, Spain.