Saint Francis in Ecstasy ca. 1650 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian Wearing a Capuchin habit, Saint Francis (1181/82–1226) is shown on a rocky precipice, silhouetted against an evening sky. He was famously devoted to Christ crucified and is shown in a state of ecstasy. The open book and skull are symbols of the vanities of the world and mortality. Castiglione employs a richly varied technique to mark the transition from the material world to the spiritual. The picture was painted in Rome, probably as an altarpiece, though its original location is Saint Francis in
Saint Francis in Ecstasy ca. 1650 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian Wearing a Capuchin habit, Saint Francis (1181/82–1226) is shown on a rocky precipice, silhouetted against an evening sky. He was famously devoted to Christ crucified and is shown in a state of ecstasy. The open book and skull are symbols of the vanities of the world and mortality. Castiglione employs a richly varied technique to mark the transition from the material world to the spiritual. The picture was painted in Rome, probably as an altarpiece, though its original location is Saint Francis in Ecstasy. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua). ca. 1650. Oil on canvas. Paintings
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