Saint Francis Before the Bishop, Attributed to Niccolò Solimani, ca. 1469

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Saint Francis Before the Bishop, ca. 1469, Pen and light and dark brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk., 9 5/8 x 7 3/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Attributed to Niccolò Solimani (Niccolò da Verona) (Italian, Mantua act. 1461–93), Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), the son of a prosperous merchant, who abandoned his life of worldly pleasures in order to dedicate himself to the service of God, is portrayed here renouncing his clothing before Bishop Hugo of Assisi, who dresses and protects him

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