Leven van de heilige Franciscus van Assisi, Raffaello Schiaminossi (possibly), 1580 - 1607

Title(s)

Leven van de heilige Franciscus van Assisi

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-38.720

Catalogue reference

• Bartsch 58-84, 87

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

In het midden de heilige Franciscus die de stigmata ontvangt. Rondom deze voorstelling 29 kleinere voorstellingen, waaronder portretten van andere heiligen en scènes uit het leven van Franciscus. Midden onder een cartouche met een Latijnse tekst in twee kolommen.

Artist

• print maker: Raffaello Schiaminossi (possibly)
• publisher: Matteo Florimi (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

1580 - 1607

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 492 mm × width 371 mm

What

• stigmatization of St. Francis of Assisi: in retreat on Mount Alverna, he beholds a vision of Christ on the cross enveloped by wings (like a seraph with six wings); rays passing down to the body of the kneeling saint form the marks of the five wounds of Christ
• Bonaventura, cardinal bishop of Albano and Minister General of the Franciscan Order; possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat (sometimes hanging from a tree), crucifix (sometimes flowering)
• the Franciscan friar Di(a)dacus of Alcala; possible attributes: cooking-pot, cross, flowers, keys
• the virgin and foundress of the Order of Minoresses (or Poor Clares), Clare of Assisi; possible attributes: book, cross, flaming horn, lily, monstrance, palm-branch, pastoral staff, rosary

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 227-230, cat.nr. 58-84, 87