The Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi

Ludovico Carracci, 1583 - 1585

Ludovico Carracci was one of the earliest painters to explore the emotional side of religious revelation. Here he illustrated, for the first time in art, an episode in which one of Saint Francis’s followers witnessed an apparition of the Virgin giving the Christ Child to the saint to hold. Carracci distinguished the heavenly light around the Virgin from the nocturnal moonlit landscape (on the left at the painting), at the same time he emphasized the intensely spiritual nature of Francis’s experience.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3992
  • Dimensionsheight 103 cm x width 102 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi
    • The Vision of St Francis of Assisi

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3992

  • Description

    Het visioen van de heilige Franciscus van Assisi. Nachtvoorstelling met links Franciscus met het Christuskind in de armen, rechts Maria.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Ludovico Carracci, Bologna

  • Dating

    1583 - 1585

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 103 cm x width 102 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.; purchased from Captain Robert Langton Douglas by Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1926;{File RMA.} his widow Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 20 November 1945 (inv. no. NK 2321);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 9803.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1418); transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • The Trustees of the National Gallery, 'The National Gallery Review' April 2006- March 2007, Londen 2007, p. 22

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