CARAVAGGIO (b. 1571, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) |
St Francis in Ecstasyc. 1595Oil on canvas, 93 x 128 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford | ||
This is one of the artist's first works. It has a perfectly Lombard air: the broad lines of the composition recall mannerist motives. But Caravaggio's characteristic approach to reality is already at work, and his brushstroke shows a magic that could be obtained only by a thorough analysis of Venetian painting.
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