The Ecstasy of Saint Francis [recto], 1706/1720

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.3 x 18.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.172.1.a

Artists / Makers

Sebastiano Ricci (artist) Venetian, 1659 - 1734

Image Use

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Provenance

Jacob Theodor and Johanna Cremer, New York; (sale Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, no. 135); C.G. Boerner Gallery, Dusseldorf, 1981; Paul Proute Gallery, Paris; purchased by NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul
Theodor and Johanna Cremer, Jacob

Exhibition History

1992: Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 27.

2014: The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 45.

2018: Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.

Bibliography

1991: Cocke, Richard. "The Drawings of Michele and Giovanni Battista Pace." Master Drawings (1991): 356, 361, 370, 373, 376.

1992: Durer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 27, 28, 43.