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This painting represents a passage from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi and is attributed to Ludovico Carracci. Saint Francis appears dressed in a coarse brown habit. He appears kneeling before tw [+]
The Apostles sleep in the foreground, indifferent to the suffering of Christ who is attended by angels. One holds a chalice, prefiguring the Passion. The artist looked to Correggio (c. 1489-1534) in t [+]
Saint Francis is one of the most venerated of all Christian saints. Born in 1182, he chose a religious life after a youth filled with empty pleasures and frolicking. He was followed by a considerable [+]
The traditional attribution to Poccetti (1548-1612) is unconvincing, if one compares the conception and execution of the present study with that of the especially fine Poccetti drawing (D01745). Indee [+]
