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May 16, 2011

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

c. 1430

Bicci di Lorenzo

(Italian, 1373–1452)

Italy, 15th century

Tempera and gold on wood

Framed: 21.7 x 32 cm (8 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Unframed: 17.9 x 27 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Holden Collection 1916.787

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Although born into a wealthy merchant family, St. Francis (1181-1226) rejected all wordly goods, dedicating himself to chastity, humility, and selfless acts of kindness. By the time of his death, the order of friars he founded had expanded throughout Europe. In the summer of 1224, Francis visited a mountain retreat at La Verna near Assisi. After weeks of intense prayer, an angel on a cross appeared. The painter shows mystical rays of light emanating from the angel and leaving Francis with stigmata, wounds resembling those Christ suffered at the time of his crucifixion. Behind the saint, a follower throws up his hands in amazement. This predella panel, which was mounted in a row of related scenes below a larger painting, retains its original frame.

Provenance

James Jackson Jarves; Mrs. Liberty E. Holden, Cleveland

Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden, 1914 (December 5, 1914)

Citations

Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917. Mentioned: p. 23-24, cat. no. 18 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Reproduced: fig. 18, p. 48 - 49

Andergassen, Leo. L'iconografia di Sant'Antonio di Padova dal XIII al XVI secolo in Italia. Padova: Centro studi antoniani, 2016. Mentioned: p. 331, no. 9

Exhibition history

Boston Foreign Art Exhibit, 1883-1884 (Handbook for Visitors) to the Hollenden Gallery of Old Masters Exhibited at the Boston Foreign Art Exhibition in 1883-1884, collected by James Jackson Jarves... and purchase by L. E. Holden of Cleveland, Ohio, 1884, no. 5, p. 8: "By Fra Angelico in his earliest manner... part of a gradino to an altar piece; heads fine, like his miniature work; perfect condition. Wood, tempera, 18 x 13 inches"
Early Italian Paintings lent by Mrs. L. E. Holden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. Met. Mus. Bulletin, VII (October, 1912) p. 176, no. 7 (as Florentine, mid XV century); (Bryson Burroughs)
Inaugural Exhibition, CMA, 1916, 1936, cat. no. 89 (Florentine, early XV century)
Gothic Art, 1360-1440, CMA, 1963, catalogue CMA Bulletin (Sept. 1963) no. 78, repr. p. 183.
Fliegel, Stephen N. The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination" held 17 Feb to 2 June 2013 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, imprint of Prestel Publishing, 2013. Cat 16, pg 112-3.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (02/17/2013 - 06/02/2013): "Caporali"

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 12, 1936).

Western Landscape Painting and Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1954-January 6, 1955).

Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-April 21, 2013).

The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 17-June 2, 2013).

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