Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
The original, as its museum records it
Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.
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Thomas of Celano's First Life describes a man with six wings like a seraph standing over Francis, arms extended and feet joined, fixed to a cross. What hangs in Domenico's sky is, in the Gallery's words, a flame-red cross. Five gold lines run from it to the kneeling man's hands, feet and right side.
The companion sits back and shades his eyes; a small book sits on the grass. Three peaks behind are three colours: ice blue, shell pink, pale green. Follow the line to his right palm, the nearer hand. There is a red spot where it lands.
Sources: National Gallery of Art, Washington, artist page 'Domenico Veneziano', entry for Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1939.1.140; read 2026-09-01. · The Catholic Thing, 'The Stigmata of St. Francis' (17 September 2024), quoting Thomas of Celano, First Life, on the vision at La Verna · Web Gallery of Art, 'The Stigmatization of St Francis (predella 1)', Domenico Veneziano · National Gallery of Art, 'Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata', Domenico Veneziano, 1939.1.140 · Google Arts & Culture, 'Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata', Domenico Veneziano (NGA record) · Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Kress Collection, 'Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata', K278
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 16,247 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.