Shown from the waist up, a man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a monk’s robe rests his elbows on a rock with his hands together in prayer in this vertical painting. He is lit from our left, and the background and edges of the composition are mostly in deep shadow. The man’s body and head lean to our left, and he looks at us with dark eyes under gathered brows. He has a long, straight nose, high cheekbones, and his pink lips are parted. He has a dark moustache, and his hair is cut into a ring around his close-cropped crown. He wears a brown hooded robe, and a string of rosary beads hangs…
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Saint Francis in Prayer

Bernardo Strozzi (Genoese-Venetian, 1581/1582 - 1644)

c. 1620/1630

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 116.2 x 85.5 cm (45 3/4 x 33 11/16 in.)
Culture
Genoese-Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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