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Saint Francis

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Saint Francis

Federico Barocci

ca. 1600–1604

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Books Saint Francis Christ

Dimensions

35 3/8 x 30 7/8 in. (89.9 x 78.4 cm); with added strips 35 7/8 x 31 3/8 in. (91.1 x 79.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and 2002 Benefit Fund, 2003

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Federico Barocci

1528–1612 • Duchy of Urbino

Italian miniaturist and painter who specialized in alterpieces. He worked in the Vatican for Pope Pius IV, where an attempt was made to murder him by poison. In injured health as a result, he returned to Urbino and died there. Comment on works: Religious

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