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Description: | Saint Francis of Assisi crosses his hands over his chest showing the stigmata, the wounds which resembled those received by Jesus during the Crucifixion. They appeared during a vision that Saint Francis had while he was praying, as described by his biographer, Thomas de Celano, in 1250-53. This representation of Saint Francis is close to those painted by the Bolognese artist Guido Reni. Saint Francis was one of Bologna's patron saints and the founder of the Franciscan Order, devoted to preaching the virtues of humility and poverty. In this painting, he meditates in front of a skull, the symbol of mortality. | Subjects: | religion (St Francis) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Reni, Guido (Italian painter and draftsman, 1575-1642) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9048... | Go to resource |
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