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St Francis Kneeling in Prayer beneath a Tree
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St Francis Kneeling in Prayer beneath a Tree

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1657 · etching; intaglio printmaking technique; drypoint; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Here is yet another striking Catholic subject in Rembrandt’s etched work, this time the hermit St Francis. For this depiction, Rembrandt did not select the traditional moment when the saint receives the ‘stigmata’, the wounds of Christ. Instead he chose the moment of prayer just before. The building in the landscape is Italianate in character, appropriate for a saint from Assisi.

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Credit lineFranciscus knielend in gebed onder een boom. 1657. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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