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St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

c. 1430
(Italian, 1373–1452)
Italy, 15th century
tempera and gold on wood
Framed: 21.7 x 32 cm (8 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Unframed: 17.9 x 27 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Holden Collection 1916.787
Location: not on view

Description

Although born into a wealthy merchant family, St. Francis (1181-1226) rejected all wordly goods, dedicating himself to chastity, humility, and selfless acts of kindness. By the time of his death, the order of friars he founded had expanded throughout Europe. In the summer of 1224, Francis visited a mountain retreat at La Verna near Assisi. After weeks of intense prayer, an angel on a cross appeared. The painter shows mystical rays of light emanating from the angel and leaving Francis with stigmata, wounds resembling those Christ suffered at the time of his crucifixion. Behind the saint, a follower throws up his hands in amazement. This predella panel, which was mounted in a row of related scenes below a larger painting, retains its original frame.
  • James Jackson Jarves; Mrs. Liberty E. Holden, Cleveland
    Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden, 1914 (December 5, 1914)
  • Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917. Mentioned: p. 23-24, cat. no. 18 archive.org
    Francis, Henry S. “Sassetta: Crucifixion with St. Francis.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 3 (March 1963): 46–49. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 46, fig. 2 www.jstor.org
    “Gothic Art 1360-1440.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (September 1963): 174–215. Mentioned: p. 211, no.77 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Reproduced: fig. 18, p. 48 - 49
    Andergassen, Leo. L'iconografia di Sant'Antonio di Padova dal XIII al XVI secolo in Italia. Padova: Centro studi antoniani, 2016. Mentioned: p. 331, no. 9
  • The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-June 2, 2013).
    Fliegel, Stephen N. The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination" held 17 Feb to 2 June 2013 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, imprint of Prestel Publishing, 2013. Cat 16, pg 112-3.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (02/17/2013 - 06/02/2013): "Caporali"
    Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-April 21, 2013).
    Boston Foreign Art Exhibit, 1883-1884 (Handbook for Visitors) to the Hollenden Gallery of Old Masters Exhibited at the Boston Foreign Art Exhibition in 1883-1884, collected by James Jackson Jarves... and purchase by L. E. Holden of Cleveland, Ohio, 1884, no. 5, p. 8: "By Fra Angelico in his earliest manner... part of a gradino to an altar piece; heads fine, like his miniature work; perfect condition. Wood, tempera, 18 x 13 inches"
    Gothic Art, 1360-1440, CMA, 1963, catalogue CMA Bulletin (Sept. 1963) no. 78, repr. p. 183.
    Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
    Western Landscape Painting and Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1954-January 6, 1955).
    The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
    Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
    Inaugural Exhibition, CMA, 1916, 1936, cat. no. 89 (Florentine, early XV century)
    Early Italian Paintings lent by Mrs. L. E. Holden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. Met. Mus. Bulletin, VII (October, 1912) p. 176, no. 7 (as Florentine, mid XV century); (Bryson Burroughs)
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