Editions
The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse
Sizes
One object, sold whole: the National Gallery of Art, Washington holds it as 1952.2.6.a-d. 4 sheets, one edition, $509.
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Four narrow figures stand in a row, and one landscape runs behind them all, carrying on, darker, across the painted frames. Saint Francis holds his book; Gabriel comes with a lily; Our Lady presses her book to her body and lifts one hand; a bishop in a white mitre raises two fingers beside a curled staff. Between the second and the third the Word is made flesh, and the two stand a frame apart. The National Gallery of Art describes Francis's thin gold cross and the red wounds at his hands, feet and ribs. The bishop has changed names: from 1959 to 1985 the Gallery's catalogues named him Saint Maurelius, patron of Ferrara; he is now Louis of Toulouse, a prince who took Franciscan vows days before he was made bishop. Cosmè Tura sets a Franciscan at either end of the greeting.
Saint Francis, Gabriel, the Virgin, Saint Louis, left to right, as the National Gallery of Art shows them: one landscape runs behind all four.
| Held by | National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1952.2.6.a-d the museum’s record |
|---|---|
| Source file | the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) |
| Licence | public domain; the file released under CC0 |
| Panel · francis | Saint Francis — 2,737 × 6,859 px |
| Panel · angel | The Annunciation: the Angel Gabriel — 2,756 × 6,859 px |
| Panel · virgin | The Annunciation: the Virgin — 2,743 × 6,859 px |
| Panel · louis | Saint Louis of Toulouse — 2,743 × 6,859 px |
| Chain | Each panel taken from the source file above and cut to its own painted field; held as 4 print masters. |
Sources
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, artist page 'Cosmè Tura', artworks list with image descriptions; read 2026-09-01.
- National Gallery of Art, 'The Virgin Annunciate [middle right panel]', Cosmè Tura, 1952.2.6.c, bibliography
- National Gallery of Art, 'The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse [four panels]', Cosmè Tura, 1952.2.6.a-d
- Smarthistory, 'Simone Martini, Saint Louis of Toulouse'
- InFerrara — official tourism portal of the Comune di Ferrara, 'Basilica di San Giorgio'
- Artsy, 'The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse [middle left panel]', Cosmè Tura
Printed on demand as one edition. The whole image is printed on every sheet — never cropped to fit — so each panel carries an archival margin.