4730B

Saint Francis of Assisi

Artist: Unidentified Cuzco Artist
Title: Saint Francis of Assisi
Date: 17th century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Private collection, Brazil.
Photo Source: Espaço Cultural Humanar Website
Correspondence Credit: Almerindo Ojeda
Note: There are similar plates published by Johan Sadeler I, Jacques Honervogt, and Jean Leclerc IV. The Sadeler and Honervogt plates invert the composition of the painting. The right hand of the saint in the painting matches the one in the de Leu plate more closely than the one in the Leclerc.
Item: 4730B