Saint Francis, 1620-1657

Not on View

Medium

etching in black

Dimensions

plate: 34.6 x 25.1 cm (13 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

sheet: 36 x 26.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 9

Accession Number

1984.50.1

Artists / Makers

Pieter Claesz Soutman (artist) Dutch, 1580 - 1657

Francesco Bassano II (artist after) Italian, 1549 - 1592

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: Cum Privil Michael / Agnolo Caravaggio, Pinxit / P. Soutman Effigiavit et excud; upper left verso stamped: 341; lower left verso in brown ink: 16; lower right verso in graphite: 7 074 (crossed out); lRv//in brown ink: 14

Provenance

Earl Spencer (Lugt Supp.2341a)

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

Exhibition History

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

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, no 9.