''São Francisco'' ( en, Saint Francis) is a painting by

Portuguese Renaissance The Portuguese Renaissance refers to the cultural and artistic movement in Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries. Though the movement coincided with the Spanish and Italian Renaissances, the Portuguese Renaissance was largely separate from o ...

artist

Nuno Gonçalves Nuno Gonçalves (c. 1425 – c. 1491, ''fl.'' 1450–71) was a Portuguese artist whose work initiated the Portuguese Renaissance in painting. He was court painter for Afonso V of Portugal from 1450 to 1471, and in 1471 he was appointed the offici ...

, created ''c.'' 1470-1480. It represents Saint Francis, in his monk dress, holding a

crucifix A crucifix (from Latin ''cruci fixus'' meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is a cross with an image of Jesus on it, as distinct from a bare cross. The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in English as the ''corpus'' (Lati ...

. It is held at the

National Museum of Ancient Art The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (; MNAA), also known in English as the National Museum of Ancient Art, is a Portuguese national art museum located in Lisbon. With over 40,000 items spanning a vast collection of painting, sculpture, goldware, fur ...

, in

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References

IMC-IP São Francisco de Nuno Gonçalves
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Francisco (Nuno Goncalves) Paintings by Nuno Gonçalves Paintings in the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art Paintings of Francis of Assisi Paintings of crucifixes