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ID number: BIRBI-43.6 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Ugolino di Nerio (worked from 1317, died 1339 or 1349) Title / Object name: St Francis of Assisi Object type: Painting Place made: Siena Culture: Italian Date made: probably 1320s Materials: Tempera on wood Measurements: 88.2 x 32.2 cm Provenance: L. Smith; Mrs M. T. Smith before 1889; Captain Francis N. Smith, 1889; Christie's, 5 February 1910 (lot 145, described as Early Italian School), purchased by Mrs Robert Crawshay; purchased by Henry Harris; Purchased from Henry Harris in 1943 for £2,000. |
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Saint Francis (1182 - 1226) wears the brown habit of the religious order he founded in the early 13th century. The triple-knotted girdle hanging from his waist symbolises the poverty, obedience and chastity demanded of his followers. The saint displays his stigmata, the name for the marks of the wounds that correspond to those Christ suffered on the cross. They miraculously appeared on Francis’s palms, feet and chest. |
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2 Related Publications | |
| Duccio di Buoninsenga and his school Stubblebine, J. H. 1979 | |
| Italian pictures of the Renaissance: Central Italian and North Italian schools Berenson, B. 1968 | |
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