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Saint Francis in Prayer
Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata
Saint Francis in Prayer
Italian (possibly Urbino)
Renaissance
About 1540?
Object Place: Urbino, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Overall: 36.8 x 33 x 22.9 cm (14 1/2 x 13 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds from the bequest of George Robert White
Accession Number53.2912
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionPolychrome group; rugged crag behind crucifix with skull at its foot. Rectangular well at right, hooded figure seated above its rim. St. kneels on lower plane at left, crag behind him. Hollows beneath crags. Green and yellow grounds, blue-green robes. Arms of figures broken, some minor damage.
Provenance1953, Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), East Norwalk, CT [see note 1]; 1953, sold by Garbáty to the MFA for $350. (Accession Date: December 29, 1953)
NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.
NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.