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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). When it was bought by Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria Charles Theodore (german: link=no, Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) reigned as Prince-elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his ... 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.Ignacio Cano Rivero (ed.), ''Zurbarán: Mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Francis In Ecstasy - Francisco De Zurbarán
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denomination. In Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican Communion, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheranism, Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. While the English word ''saint'' originated in Christianity, History of religion, historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
