Saint Francis Adores the Crucifix

San Francesco penitente
Author: 

Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560 - Rome 1609)

Type: 
Painting
Year: 
1585
Material and technique: 
oil on canvas
Size: 
cm 75 x 57
Origin: 
Pio Collection
Inventory: 
Inv. PC 61

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The Bolognese Academy, founded by Annibale and Agostino Carracci and their cousin Ludovico, progressively developed a type of devotional art attentive of a new, profoundly religious sensitivity, tied to the spirit of the Counter-Reformation.

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