St. Francis Preaching to the Birds
after Giotto (Colle di Vespigniano near Vicchio 1266/7 – Florence 1337)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, glass and oak
Measurements
250 x 175 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881968
Summary
Print, photogravure, St. Francis of Assisi preaching to the Birds, after Giotto (Colle di Vespigniano near Vicchio 1266/7 – Florence 1337). The birds are on the ground, two flying down from a tree, all silouetted against a plain background. In dark oak frame with gilt slip. (ex Prayer Room). Based on the fresco by Giotto in the Basilica of S. Fancis, Assisi
Provenance
unknown
Marks and inscriptions
(on label on reverse) BURNS AND OATES/St. Frances preaching to the Birds.
Makers and roles
after Giotto (Colle di Vespigniano near Vicchio 1266/7 – Florence 1337), artist Burns and Oates, printer