The San Francesco Altarpiece is a c.1517 oil on canvas painting by Romanino,[1] painted for and still on show in the church of San Francesco, Brescia.
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It was produced just after the artist's return from Padua, where he had come into contact with the innovations of Titian at the Scuola del Santo. It shows a Madonna and Child surrounded by Franciscan saints - Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua standing either side and Bonaventure, Louis of Toulouse and Bernardino of Siena kneeling at the base with a monk (father Francesco Sanson).
References
edit- ^ Borsookv, Eve; Superbi, Fiorella Gioffredi, eds. (1994). Italian Altarpieces 1250-1550: Function and Design. Clarendon Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780198172239.
Bibliography
edit- (in Italian) Pierluigi De Vecchi ed Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, Milano, Bompiani, 1999, vol. 2. ISBN 88-451-7212-0.