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FLORENTINE SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Saint Francis at prayer
oil on canvas
5814 x 3834 in. (147.9 x 98.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Casa d'Aste Babuino, Rome, 17 June 2008, as 'Follower of Jacopo Pontormo', where acquired by the following,
The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, and by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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This depiction of Saint Francis derives from the figure in the altarpiece by Jacopo Pontormo, the so-called Pala Pucci, executed in 1516, in the church of San Michele Visdomini, Florence.

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