Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis 1599
This painting by Francesco Vanni, a leading Sienese artist in the late 1500s, depicts the Virgin Mary’s miraculous appearance to Saint Francis of Assisi. As he embraces the infant Jesus, his older companion has fallen asleep while meditating on a skull, a symbol of mortality. Commissioned by the Italian Cardinal Buonviso Buonvisi, the canvas was offered to the monastery of the Cordeliers de l’Observance in Lyon, France, where it hung in the Chapelle des Lucquois, reputedly designed by Michelangelo. The church was endowed by merchant bankers from the Italian city of Lucca who had contributed to Lyon’s eminence as a center of trade.
Francesco Vanni, 1563-1610, Italian, painter, designer "Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi" 1599, oil on canvas
Location of the painting, and original post here
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Franciscan Gallery charges for the access to high resolution copy of the image. Manually restoration was necessary in order to improve quality, without covering the original image.
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