Art Institute of Chicago
Saint Francis of Assisi Adoring the Virgin and Child
Denys Calvaert
- Date
- 1607
- Medium
- Black chalk on blue laid paper
- Culture
- Flanders
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This monumental drawing shows Denys Calvaert’s nearly final conception for an altarpiece. The artist made a few intriguing changes before completing the painting. He replaced a child in the lower left of the drawing with an older saint figure, covered the Christ Child’s genitalia, and shifted Saint Francis’s head toward the center of the composition.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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