RUBENS, Peter Paul
(b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerpen)

St Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

c. 1635
Oil on canvas, 264 x 192 cm
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

This altarpiece decorated a sidealtar in the former church of the Franciscan Recollects. With its soft, grey tonality, it is an example of Rubens' late style.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 33 minutes):
Michael Haydn: St Francis Mass