La mort de St. François

La mort de St. François

Item Information

Title:
La mort de St. François
Description:
Saint Francis, stretched out on the ground, is surrounded by four kneeling monks; in the background of the landscape, at left, a chapel in a cluster of trees. With cross-hatchings added to gowns of the three left-hand monks, and further work in middle distance.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Monks
Death
Saints
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 35 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 56, IV.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from bulk dates of collection.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue raisonné cited in this record: Bliss, Frank E., "A catalogue of the etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) in the collection of Frank E. Bliss." (London: Printed for private circulation, 1923).
Catalogue raisonné numbers derived by Bliss from: Poulet-Malassis, Thibaudeau, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros." (Paris: J. Bauer, 1877)
Notes (object):
Fourth state of six. Very rare.
Identifier:
07_09_000150
Barcode:
36666003363716