Stigmatisation of Francis of Assisi (Q21680682)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Q5599)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880) Vlaamse Kunstcollectie (VKC) (Q2542010)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
main subject: Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata (Q26714817)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: Francis of Assisi (Q676555) stigmata (Q190940)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: S-9
BALaT object ID: 103406
RKDimages ID: 252760

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-9

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: St Francis of Assisi was already a legendary figure not long after his death. The story of his stigmatisation was not only highly popular in Italy but north of the Alps as well. In 1224, two years before his death, St Francis had a vision on Mount La Verna near Arezzo, where he had retreated with…

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