Saint Frances, ca. 1649 – 1660

Title

Saint Frances

Draughtsman

• Salvator Rosa ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Neapolitan

Production Reason

• figure study

Captions Added Later

Unten rechts Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097); verso auf dem Montierungsbogen mittig Marke des Kunsthändlers Guillaume-Jean Constantin, Paris (Lugt 3000), mit eingestempelter Nummer 24, bezeichnet in der Kartusche (mit der Feder in Braun): Collection [...], Mariette, et Julien de Parme / Salvator Rosa / N° 260; Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Mahoney 1977.I.55.63.16

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Francis of Assisi (saint)
• Peter (apostle)

Primary

• 31A2352(+4) sitting on an elevation (+ three-quarter view)
• 31A243 head bent backwards
• 11H(FRANCIS) founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), Francis(cus) of Assisi; possible attributes: book, crucifix, lily, skull, stigmata
• 61B2(+55) historical persons (+ full length portrait)

Alternative Attribution

• Salvator Rosa draughtsman; declined, by note on mount