The Ecstasy of Saint Francis [recto]
1706/1720
Artist, Venetian, 1659 - 1734
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 28.3 x 18.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.172.1.a
Associated Artworks
Biblical Scene [verso]
Sebastiano Ricci
1720
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Jacob Theodor and Johanna Cremer, New York; (sale Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, no. 135); C.G. Boerner Gallery, Dusseldorf, 1981; Paul Proute Gallery, Paris; purchased by NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1992
Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 27.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 45.
2018
Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.
Bibliography
1991
Cocke, Richard. "The Drawings of Michele and Giovanni Battista Pace." Master Drawings (1991): 356, 361, 370, 373, 376.
1992
Durer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 27, 28, 43.
Watermarks
10-pointed star with circle in the center and ball above, not in Briquet
Wikidata ID
Q64630703