Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1420

Identification

Title(s)

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
De stigmatisatie van de heilige Franciscus van Assisi

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4006

Description

De stigmatisatie van de heilige Franciscus van Assisi. In een rotsachtig landschap ontvangt de knielende heilige de stigmata van een gevleugelde gekruisigde Christus. Links boven op de rotsen een kerk of klooster. Met geïntegreerde lijst.

Creation

Artist

painter: Lorenzo Monaco

Place

Florence

Dating

c. 1420

Material and Technique

Physical features

tempera on panel

Material

panel

Measurements

height 87 cm × width 61.5 cm
height 88 cm × width 65.5 cm

Subject

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

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Friedrich Lippmann, London, by Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1913;{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, 15 February 1946 (inv. no. NK 2340);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3940; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 3940 is recorded in black on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1432); transferred to the museum, 1960

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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

Lorenzo Monaco : a bridge from Giotto's heritage to the Renaissance, Angelo Tartuferi, Daniela Parenti, p. 204-207, cat.nr. 35
Lorenzo Monaco : dalla tradizione giottesca al Rinascimento, Angelo Tartuferi, Daniela Parenti, p. 204-207, cat.nr. 35
Miniatura del '400 a San Marco : dalle suggestioni avignonesi all'ambiente dell'Angelico, Giovanna Rasario, Magnolia Scudieri, p. 62-63
Punch marks from Giotto to Fra Angelico : attribution, chronology, and workshop relationships in Tuscan panel painting c. 1330-1430, Erling S. Skaug, p. 393
Painting and illumination in early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450, Laurence B. Kanter, p. 298, 301
Museumschatten, p. 109-112, afb.
Lorenzo Monaco, Marvin Eisenberg, p. 81-82
Aan de oorsprong van de schilderkunst : vroege Italiaanse schilderijen in Nederlands bezit, Hendrik Willem van Os, Rik Vos, p. 90 (afb.), 174, cat.nr. 15
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 393
The Florentine paintings in Holland, 1300-1500, Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Hendrik Willem van Os, cat.nr. 35
Herwonnen kunstbezit : tentoonstelling van uit Duitschland teruggekeerde Nederlandsche kunstschatten [ : 1 1946a], Jan Gerrit van Gelder, cat.nr. 95
Italiaansche kunst in Nederlandsch bezit, p. 88, cat.nr. 240
Italian pictures of the Renaissance : a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places [ : 1 1932], p. 298
The development of the Italian schools of painting, Charlotte van Marle, Raimond van Marle, d. 9, p. 150, afb. 100
Modern Materials and Practice in Guilding Conservation, Hubert Baija, p. 41 e.v.
The Stylistic Development of Lorenzo Monaco-II, Pudelko Georg, p. 76-81
La pittura all'esposizione d'arte antica italiana di Amsterdam, R. van Marle, p. 304
Zur Ausstellung der Sammlung Lanz im Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, B. Degenhart, p. 35
W. Suida, 'Lorenzo Monaco', Thieme-Becker Künstlerlexicon dl. 23, Leipzig 1929, p. 392.
Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1953), p. 9.
Cat.tent. Mostra d'arte Italiana a Palazzo Venezia, Roma (Palazzo Venezia), 1945, nr. 68.

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