MOLA, Pier Francesco
(b. 1612, Coldrerio, d. 1666, Roma)

St Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1650-55
Oil on marble, 35 x 26 cm
Private collection

This picture is unique among Mola's surviving works as a painting on marble. At the time when this painting was executed, Mola was looking to his contemporaries (e. g. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione) and absorbing their influence.