St Francis with angels by Carracci

Scene in the life of San Francisco de Asís, whose authorship is attributed to Ludovico Carracci. The saint wears his usual brown sayal, while kneeling before two angels, one of whom carries a cup and the other bows in an attitude of offering him a chasuble, which the saint seems to reject. In his humility, St. Francis refused to receive priestly ordination, considering himself unworthy of such exaltation. Finally, at the end of his earthly path, he accepted by obedience, the diaconal ordination.