CARAVAGGIO (b. 1573, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) St Francis c. 1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 190 cm Pinacoteca, Cremona This seems to be an uncon

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CARAVAGGIO (b. 1573, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) St Francis c. 1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 190 cm Pinacoteca, Cremona This seems to be an unconventional composition, and depicts the saint front-on, near a tree trunk, bending over a book. Even so, the artist decides not to depict the joyous devotion to nature expressed in St Francis's hymn to the sun. Once again, the artist has reduced the founder of the Franciscan Order to a simple, ritual model, latterly in the tradition of St Jerome. The sole surviving example of the painting is in bad condition, but it is probably an authentic work by Caravaggio. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: CARAVAGGIO Title: St Francis Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious

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