Part II a devotional postcard
Español Part II – Saint Francis before the Crucified Christ: A Devotional Postcard (1891–1918) Saint Francis before the Crucified Christ — Devotional Postcard after Rubens Printed by Josef Löwy, Vienna 1905–1910 Intaglio print on cardboard, mounted as a leporello postcard This devotional postcard reproduces the powerful composition of Peter Paul Rubens depicting Saint Francis of Assisi kneeling before the Crucified Christ. The image presents the saint in a moment of profound contemplation as he gazes upward toward the body of Christ on the Cross. Even in this small printed format, the dramatic gesture of Francis and the solemn presence of the Crucifix remain central to the scene. The postcard was produced in Vienna by the photographer and publisher Josef Löwy, whose firm was active between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using intaglio printing techniques, the image translates Rubens’s original Baroque painting into a monochrome reproduction suitable for wide ci...
