The Vision of Saint Francis
Lodovico Carracci
c. 1602
Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
37.2 × 28.6 cm (14 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.); Framed: 50.8 × 40.7 × 3.2 cm (20 × 16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
203330
About the Artist
Lodovico Carracci
Lodovico's style is charaterized by being less classical than that of his younger cousins, Agostino and Annibale, his figures have a sense of other-worldliness, and he is more influenced by Mannerist art than his cousins. Like his cousins, he espoused the direct study of nature, especially through figure drawing; he was influenced by the paintings of Correggio and the Venetians.