Marcantonio Franceschini, 1680 - The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt - fine art print

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A fifth-century ascetic, Mary of Egypt is shown receiving her Last Communion from the hands of the priest Zosimus, following forty-seven years of isolation in the wilderness of Palestine. The picture has a pendant showing the ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalen (Molinari Pradelli collection, Bologna). It was given in 1709 to Pope Clement XI as a gift of the Senate of Bologna in anticipation of his support for the founding of an art academy in the city. Franceschini’s art strove for clarity of expression and an idealized humanity consonant with the religious and mythological stories that he depicted.

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This more than 340 years old artpiece "The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt" was made by Marcantonio Franceschini. The over 340 year-old original measures the exact size: 16 3/4 x 21 3/8 in (42,5 x 54,3 cm) and was painted with the medium oil on copper. It can be viewed in in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is located in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Wrightsman Fund, 1996 (licensed: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Wrightsman Fund, 1996. Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape and has a side ratio of 4 : 3, which means that the length is 33% longer than the width. Marcantonio Franceschini was a painter, whose art style can be classified as Baroque. The painter lived for 81 years - born in 1648 and passed away in the year 1729.

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