Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy

Caravaggio, 1594, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

‘Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy’ is a work by Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610). It is dated 1594. It is part of the collection Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 94 × 128 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include angel, Francis of Assisi, and Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Caravaggio.

• The Baroque