Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1470/1480

Italian 15th Century

Associated Names
Italian 15th Century

Artist

This is a print of a religious scene featuring two people and a winged being above them. The two people are seated on the ground. One person wears a long robe and a hood; they are seated on the ground among some small plants and look down at a book in their hands. The other person is looking upwards towards the sky, where a winged creature with human-like features is depicted hovering above them. This creature is directing several beams or cords of light towards the person’s hands and feet. The person on the ground wears a robe tied with a cord around their waist and has a halo around their head. In the background, there is a church-like building on the right, and on the left, there are hills or mountains with a small, distant village visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.58 × 20 cm (11 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.733

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1432, State hh

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 40, repro.

1949

  • Ten Centuries of Christian Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, WI, 1949, no catalogue.

1953

  • The Story of Medicine in Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, 1953, no. 152.

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1961

  • Gothic and Renaissance Prints, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1961, no. 7.

1962

  • The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 49.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 10, repro.

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 227, repro.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 10, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 42.

2018

  • Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q64953277

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