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Saint Francis visited by the Angel, from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde'

Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)|Pierre Hutin|Marco Alvise Pitteri

1730–1786

Saint Francis visited by the Angel, from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde' by Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)|Pierre Hutin|Marco Alvise Pitteri

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 14 × 16 in. (35.5 × 40.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1962

Accession Number

62.602.307

Tags

AngelsSaint FrancisCoat of Arms

Art Historical Context

This evocative etching, *Saint Francis Visited by the Angel*, a celebrated painting by Jusepe Ribera, the 17th-century Spanish Baroque known as "Lo Spagnoletto" (the Little Spaniard). Ribera's tenebrist style—dramatic contrasts of light and shadow—brings to life the saint's mystical encounter with a heavenly visitor, emphasizing themes of divine inspiration and humility central to Franciscan spirituality. The scene, enriched with angels and a coat of arms, the religious fervor of Counter-Reformation Europe. Created between 1730 and 1786 by French etcher Pierre Hutin and Venetian engraver Marc...

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