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The Stigmatization of Saint Francis
Creator
Taddeo CrivelliItalian Illuminator · 1479–1479
All works by this person →Taddeo Crivelli was one of the illuminators who introduced the Renaissance style into manuscript painting in Ferrara. His first known miniatures date to the early 1450s. In the period roughly coinciding with the rule of Borso d'Este over Ferrara, Crivelli and his workshop were engaged in a number of projects, producing a variety of books for aristocratic patrons as well as for religious institutio
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- about 1469
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
As he prays upon his knees, Saint Francis receives the stigmata from "a man like a seraph with six wings." His companion, Friar Leo, reading nearby, is unaware of the miraculous occurrence. The stigmata, the impress on his own body of the wounds that Jesus experienced during his crucifixion, was one of the signs of Francis's holiness.
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