Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (El Greco, 1600)

Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
Artist El Greco (studio / after)
Year c.1600
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 110.5 cm × 84 cm (43.5 in × 33 in)

Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy is a c.1600 painting of Francis of Assisi, showing the moment when he received the stigmata. Previously thought to be a work by El Greco, it is now thought to be an anonymous 17th century copy of a lost work by him, a work by one of his followers or a work from his studio. It is now in the collection of the Museo del Prado but hangs in the El Greco Museum, Toledo.

Bibliography (in Spanish)

  • ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
  • SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
  • http://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/galeria-on-line/galeria-on-line/obra/san-francisco-en-extasis/
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