The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi

1680s

Current Collection

Cleveland, United States

Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 239.4 × 195.7 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-110521

This work represents the High Baroque tradition of illustrating the visions and ecstasies of holy figures. St. Francis stands to the right of the apparition of the Virgin and Child, while motioning to a mother with three young infants, a symbolic representation of Charity. A popular Italian saint, St. Francis of Assisi (1181?- 1226) was famed for his many holy visions and was reported to have received the stigmata, bodily punctures that echoed the crucifixion wounds of Christ. Close observation of the painting reveals that Giordano originally painted St. Francis motioning his hands towards th…

Provenance

Marlatt Fund, 1966.125

Registry history

1680s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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