| Saint Francis in Ecstasy | |
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| Artist | Francisco de Zurbarán |
| Year | 1658–1660 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 64 cm × 53 cm (25 in × 21 in) |
| Location | Alte Pinakothek,Munich |
Saint Francis in Ecstasy is an oil painting on canvas of 1658–1660 by the Spanish painterFrancisco de Zurbarán in theAlte Pinakothek in Munich, where it has been since 1836.
It is one of Zurbarán's several paintings ofFrancis of Assisi, his name saint. It was his second-to-last work on the subject, the last beingSaint Francis Praying in His Cave (in a private collection).[1]
When it was bought byCharles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, in 1756 for his gallery inMannheim, the work was misattributed toGuido Reni. It was moved to the Hofgartengalerie in Munich in 1799 and its attribution was corrected in 1818 byJohann Georg von Dillis, director ofLudwig I of Bavaria's royal collection.[2]
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