Saint Francis
$63.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Saint Francis, painted by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) around 1600–1605, exemplifies the artist's lifelong devotion to depicting the humble founder of the Franciscan order during the final decades of his career in Toledo. El Greco painted Saint Francis repeatedly, often with the aid of workshop assistants, but this particular canvas stands out for its unusually refined execution and psychological intensity.
The saint is shown half-length against a darkened, nocturnal sky, his gaze fixed upon a luminous cloud as he gestures toward a skull and crucifix — traditional emblems of mortality and penitence. El Greco's characteristic elongated forms and flickering, almost incandescent brushwork lend the composition an otherworldly spiritual charge, transforming an act of private devotion into a vision of mystical transport.
Held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to hang and built to last.
| Artist | El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) |
| Year | ca. 1600–1605 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 17 15/16 x 15 11/16 in. (45.5 x 39.9 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Renaissance |
