Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650 - Saint Francis in Ecstasy - fine art print

Saint Francis in Ecstasy is a work of art made by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. The over 370 year old original was made with the size 77 × 53 1/4 in (195,6 × 135,3 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the Italian painter as the medium of the work of art. This piece of art is in the the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; Gwynne Andrews Fund; and Gift in memory of Felix M. Warburg from his wife and children, Bequest and Gift of George Blumenthal, Bequests of Theodore M. Davis, Adele L. Lehman, in memory of Arthur Lehman, Helen Hay Whitney, Jean Fowles, in memory of her first husband, R. Langton Douglas, and Gifts of Coudert Brothers and Harry Payne Bingham Jr., by exchange, 2014 (licensed - public domain). : Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; Gwynne Andrews Fund; and Gift in memory of Felix M. Warburg from his wife and children, Bequest and Gift of George Blumenthal, Bequests of Theodore M. Davis, Adele L. Lehman, in memory of Arthur Lehman, Helen Hay Whitney, Jean Fowles, in memory of her first husband, R. Langton Douglas, and Gifts of Coudert Brothers and Harry Payne Bingham Jr., by exchange, 2014. Moreover, alignment is in portrait format and has a ratio of 2 : 3, which implies that the length is 33% shorter than the width. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was a painter, graphic artist, whose artistic style was mainly Baroque. The Italian painter was born in 1609 in Genoa, Genova province, Liguria, Italy and deceased at the age of 55 in 1664 in Mantua, Mantova province, Lombardy, Italy.

What does the curator team of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art write about the 17th century work of art from the painter and graphic artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione? (© Copyright - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Wearing a Capuchin habit, Saint Francis (1181/82–1226) is shown on a rocky precipice, silhouetted against an evening sky. He was famously devoted to Christ crucified and is shown in a state of ecstasy. The open book and skull are symbols of the vanities of the world and mortality. Castiglione employs a richly varied technique to mark the transition from the material world to the spiritual. The picture was painted in Rome, probably as an altarpiece, though its original location is unknown.

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