MAKE A MEME View Large Image Berto di Giovanni di Marco - Saint Francis of Assisi - Walters 37640.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Berto di Giovanni di Marco Saint Francis ca 1182-1226 was the patron saint and founder of the Franciscan Order Late in life he had a ...
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Keywords: Berto di Giovanni di Marco - Saint Francis of Assisi - Walters 37640.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Berto di Giovanni di Marco Saint Francis ca 1182-1226 was the patron saint and founder of the Franciscan Order Late in life he had a vision which left him with wounds in hands and feet like those of the crucified Christ Here he is depicted holding a book and a cross-staff and wearing the brown habit of the Franciscan order The saint promoted an austere and pious way of life and his bare feet testify to his ideal of poverty The letters C G and the coat of arms refer to the unidentified patron of the altarpiece A follower of Perugino Berto worked in the sweet and simple style of that artist Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 116 177 ca 1500 1510 early Renaissance tempera and gilt on wood panel Painted surface cm 68 5 42 8 ; Panel cm 77 51 5 2 5 accession number 37 640 27655 Pinacoteca Perugia Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 181 1897 catalogue no 332 as Eusebio di San Giorgio Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Inscription C G God's Minstrel St Francis of Assisi The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 place of origin Perugino Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Berto di Giovanni di Marco Paintings of Francis of Assisi Paintings in the Walters Art Museum
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