St. Francis in Ecstasy (Zurbarán)

St. Francis in Ecstasy is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1658–1660 by the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where it has been since 1836.

It is one of Zurbarán's several paintings of Francis of Assisi, his name saint. It was his second-to-last work on the subject; his last was St Francis Praying in his Cave (private collection).^[1]

When it was bought by Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria in 1756 for his gallery in Mannheim, the work was misattributed to Guido Reni. It was moved to the Hofgartengalerie in Munich in 1799 and its attribution was corrected in 1818 by Johann Georg von Dillis, director of Ludwig I of Bavaria's royal collection.^[2]

References[edit]

^ (in Spanish) Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, Francisco de Zurbarán, coll. El arte y sus creatores. Historia XVI, Madrid, 1995
^ Ignacio Cano Rivero (ed.), Zurbarán: Master of Spain's Golden Age (2014), exhibition catalogue

See also[edit]

Media related to Francis of Assisi by Zurbaran (Alte Pinakothek) at Wikimedia Commons

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Works by Francis	Canticle of the Sun
Created	Sanctuary of Greccio Nativity scene (live)
Honors	Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine World Animal Day
Literature about	Little Flowers of St. Francis
Visual art	Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (Caravaggio) Saint Francis in Meditation (Caravaggio) Saint Francis in Prayer (Caravaggio) Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (Caravaggio) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Giotto) São Francisco (Gonçalves) St Francis (Zurbarán) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (van Eyck) St. Francis in Ecstasy (Bellini) Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (studio of El Greco) St. Francis in Ecstasy (Zurbarán)
Music	"All Creatures of Our God and King" The Canticle of the Sun (Sowerby) Le Laudi (Suter oratorio) Légende No. 1 (Liszt) Laudato si' (Reulein oratorio) Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise
Stage	Nobilissima Visione (1938 ballet) Saint François d'Assise (1983 Messiaen opera) Samstag aus Licht (1983 Stockhausen opera)
Films	Frate Sole (1918) The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Francis of Assisi (1961) Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) Francesco (1989) St. Francis (2002)
Related	List of places named after Saint Francis Madonna of Foligno Wolf of Gubbio Discalced Prayer of Saint Francis Society of Saint Francis Pope Francis "The Sermon of St. Francis" (poem) Pranchiyettan & the Saint
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v t e Francisco de Zurbarán
Paintings	Christ on the Cross (1627) Saint Serapion (1628) Displaying the Body of Saint Bonaventure (1629) The Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco (1629) Saint Peter Nolasco's Vision of Saint Peter the Apostle (1629) The House in Nazareth (1630) The Vision of Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez (1630) The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1631) Saint Margaret of Antioch (1631) Immaculate Conception (1632) Saint Agatha (1633) Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose (1633) The Young Virgin (1633) The Archangel Gabriel (1634) Hercules and the Hydra (1634) Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (1634) Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla (1634) The Death of Hercules (1634) The Defence of Cádiz Against the English (1634) Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (c. 1635) Agnus Dei (1635–1640) St Andrew (1635–1640) Saint Apollonia (1636) Saint Lawrence (1636–1639) Still Life with Pots (1650) Saint Luke Painting the Crucifixion (c. 1650) St Hugh in the Carthusian Refectory (1655) St Francis (1659) St. Francis in Ecstasy (1658–1660) The Virgin Mary as a Child Praying (1658–1660)
Painting series	Jacob and his twelve sons (1641–1658)
Related	Juan de Zurbarán (son) Caravaggisti Spanish Baroque painting

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