Series on the Life of St. Francis. workshop of Basilio de Santa Cruz. c. 1670-1680. Oil on cloth. 192x288 cm.
In front of his father and the archbishop, St. Francis decides to change his luxurious
| "St. Francis renounces his worldly
goods". Series on the Life of St. Francis. workshop of Basilio de Santa Cruz. c. 1670-1680. Oil on cloth. 192x288 cm. In front of his father and the archbishop, St. Francis decides to change his luxurious |
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the symbol of his privileged life - for the simplicity of
a habit in the form of a cross which he is cutting with
high scissors in a scene behind. The sign of the cross is
marked on his arm. A child by the column lessens the
dramatism of the scene.
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