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The Ecstasy of Saint Francis

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Generally considered Giovanni Baglione’s most accomplished painting, this work is his first known “Caravaggesque” picture—that is, one that incorporates the innovative use of realistic figure types and dramatic lighting favored by the painter Caravaggio beginning in the late 1590s. Saint Francis swoons in ecstasy into the arms of an angel after meditating on the instruments used to torture Jesus, presented by another angel on the left. Baglione’s brief Caravaggesque phase ended after 1603, when, in an infamous trial, he accused Caravaggio of slander for having distributed a series of malicious poems about him.

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Medium	oil
Dimensions	116 × 155 Cm
Tags	religious figuresdivineangelssaintsChristianityChristian subjectsreligious scenesreligion
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.

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Feb

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Domenico Montelatici,, Villa Borghese fuori di Porta Pinciana,

2026 at 08:25 PM

Domenico Montelatici,, Villa Borghese fuori di Porta Pinciana, (Rome, 1700), 216.

Fri

Feb

exhibition

Art Institute of Chicago, Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome, Sep. 8-Dec. 31, 2023, no cat.

2026 at 08:23 PM

Art Institute of Chicago, Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome, Sep. 8-Dec. 31, 2023, no cat.

Fri

Feb

exhibition

London, National Gallery, Beyond Caravaggio, October 12, 2016-January 15, 2017, cat. 11.

2026 at 08:16 PM

London, National Gallery, Beyond Caravaggio, October 12, 2016-January 15, 2017, cat. 11.

Fri

Feb

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Letizia Treves, et al., Beyond Caravaggio, exh. cat.

2026 at 08:16 PM

Letizia Treves, et al., Beyond Caravaggio, exh. cat. (London: National Gallery Company; Dublin: National Gallery of Ireland; Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2016), 72-77, cat. 11, 178-179, 205.

Fri

Feb

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Francesca Cappelletti, “'Beauty from Nature' and Devotion: The Caravaggisti's New Images of the Saints” in Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome, exh. cat.

2026 at 08:12 PM

Francesca Cappelletti, “'Beauty from Nature' and Devotion: The Caravaggisti's New Images of the Saints” in Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012), 221-22 (ill.).

Fri

Feb

exhibition

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome, June 17—September 11, 2011, cat. 29; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, October 9, 2011—January 8, 2012.

2026 at 08:11 PM

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome, June 17—September 11, 2011, cat. 29; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, October 9, 2011—January 8, 2012.

Fri

Feb

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Larry J. Feinberg, “The Ecstasy of Saint Francis,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 30, no. 1

2026 at 08:04 PM

Larry J. Feinberg, “The Ecstasy of Saint Francis,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 30, no. 1 (2004): 56-57 (color ill.).

Fri

Feb

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Stefania Macioce, Giovanni Baglione, 1566-1644: pittore e biografo di artisti

2026 at 08:02 PM

Stefania Macioce, Giovanni Baglione, 1566-1644: pittore e biografo di artisti (Rome: Lithos, 2002), XX–XXI.

Fri

Feb

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Maryvelma Smith O’Neil, Giovanni Baglione: Artistic Reputation in Baroque Rome

2026 at 08:02 PM

Maryvelma Smith O’Neil, Giovanni Baglione: Artistic Reputation in Baroque Rome (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002).

Fri

Feb

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bequeathed to the Art Institute with her husband Eugene Davidson (died 2002) having life interest, 2002.

2026 at 08:02 PM

bequeathed to the Art Institute with her husband Eugene Davidson (died 2002) having life interest, 2002.

Fri

Feb

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Beverly Louise Brown, ed., The Genius of Rome: 1592-1623, exh. cat.

2026 at 08:01 PM

Beverly Louise Brown, ed., The Genius of Rome: 1592-1623, exh. cat. (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2001), 270, fig. 98.

Fri

Feb

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Keith Christiansen and Judith W. Mann, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, exh. cat.

2026 at 08:01 PM

Keith Christiansen and Judith W. Mann, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001), 53-54 fig. 39.

Fri

Feb

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Valentino Martinelli, “L’Amor divino ‘tutto ignudo’ di Giovanni Baglione e la cronologia dell’intermezzo caravaggesco.” Arte Antica e Moderna 5

2026 at 07:59 PM

Valentino Martinelli, “L’Amor divino ‘tutto ignudo’ di Giovanni Baglione e la cronologia dell’intermezzo caravaggesco.” Arte Antica e Moderna 5 (Jan./Mar. 1959): 82-90.

Fri

Feb

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consigned by Benedetti to Agnew’s, 1959 [purchase document from Agnew, March 1959]

2026 at 07:59 PM

consigned by Benedetti to Agnew’s, 1959 [purchase document from Agnew, March 1959]

Fri

Feb

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Carla Guglielmi, “Intorno all’opera pittorica di Giovanni Baglione,” Bolletino d’Arte vol

2026 at 07:54 PM

Carla Guglielmi, “Intorno all’opera pittorica di Giovanni Baglione,” Bolletino d’Arte vol (1954): 313-314.

Fri

Feb

exhibition

Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Carravaggio en de Nederlanden, June 15–August 3, 1952, cat. 6; Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, August 10–September 28 1952, cat. 6.

2026 at 07:52 PM

Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Carravaggio en de Nederlanden, June 15–August 3, 1952, cat. 6; Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, August 10–September 28 1952, cat. 6.

Fri

Feb

exhibition

Milan, Palazzo Reale, Mostra del Caravaggio e dei Caravaggeschi, April – June 1951, cat. 51.

2026 at 07:51 PM

Milan, Palazzo Reale, Mostra del Caravaggio e dei Caravaggeschi, April – June 1951, cat. 51.

Fri

Feb

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Michele de Benedetti, “Un Caravaggio già della Borghese ritrovato,” Emporium

2026 at 07:49 PM

Michele de Benedetti, “Un Caravaggio già della Borghese ritrovato,” Emporium (July 1949): 3-14.

Fri

Feb

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donated by him to the city of Lyon, France for a charity auction in 1836 [Benedetti 1949, p....

2026 at 07:49 PM

donated by him to the city of Lyon, France for a charity auction in 1836 [Benedetti 1949, p. 4]. M. Breval of Fontaine St. Martin, near Lyon [note in 1909 Louvre photo archive]. Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda, London and Dublin, to 1947 [purchase document from Agnew, March 1959]

Fri

Feb

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sold by Earl of Drogheda through Agnew’s, London, to Michele de Benedetti, Rome, in June 1947

2026 at 07:47 PM

sold by Earl of Drogheda through Agnew’s, London, to Michele de Benedetti, Rome, in June 1947

Fri

Feb

note

Roberto Longhi, “Baglione,” Encyclopedia Italiana 5

2026 at 07:30 PM

Roberto Longhi, “Baglione,” Encyclopedia Italiana 5 (1930-8), 851-853.

Sat

Feb

note

Caravaggio e I soui Percorsi Caravaggeschi in Palazzo Barberini

1999 at 05:33 PM

Caravaggio e I soui Percorsi Caravaggeschi in Palazzo Barberini (Naples: Electa, 1999), 34, 145.

Fri

Feb

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Dennis P. Weller, Sinners and Saints: Darkness and Light: Caravaggio and His Dutch and Flemish Followers

1998 at 05:33 PM

Dennis P. Weller, Sinners and Saints: Darkness and Light: Caravaggio and His Dutch and Flemish Followers (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 23 fig. 9, 24n 32n33.

Tue

Feb

note

sold by Agnew’s to Mrs....

1996 at 05:33 PM

sold by Agnew’s to Mrs. Suzette Morton Zurcher (died 1996) (later Davidson), Santa Barbara and Chicago, March 1959

Sun

Feb

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Maria Giulia Aurigemma, “Dal cavalier Baglione, » Storia dell’arte 80

1994 at 05:33 PM

Maria Giulia Aurigemma, “Dal cavalier Baglione, » Storia dell’arte 80 (1994): 32,33 fig. 5, 45n92-97.

Sun

Feb

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Roberto Cannatà and Maria Lucrezia Vicini, La Galleria di Palazzo Spada: Genesi e storia di una collezione

1994 at 05:33 PM

Roberto Cannatà and Maria Lucrezia Vicini, La Galleria di Palazzo Spada: Genesi e storia di una collezione (Rome: Edizioni d'Europa, 1994), n.p.

Sun

Feb

note

Possibly Cardinal Bernardino Spada, Rome, to 1636 [see February 1636 inventory cited by Aurigemma, 1994]....

1994 at 05:33 PM

Possibly Cardinal Bernardino Spada, Rome, to 1636 [see February 1636 inventory cited by Aurigemma, 1994]. Borghese Collection, Rome by 1650, probably until 1804 [Benedetti 1949, p. 4]. Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Rome [Benedetti, 1949, p. 4]

Thu

Feb

note

Wolfgang Heinrich Savelsberg, Die Darstellung des hl.

1992 at 05:33 PM

Wolfgang Heinrich Savelsberg, Die Darstellung des hl. (Heiligen) Franziskus Von Assisi in der Flämischen Malerei Und Graphik Des Späten 16. und des 17. Jahrhunderts (Rome : Instituto Storico dei Cappuccini, 1992), 64, 258-60 no. 103.

Thu

Feb

note

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon : die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker vol. 6: Avogaro-Barbieri

1992 at 05:33 PM

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon : die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker vol. 6: Avogaro-Barbieri (Munich and Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 1992), 278.

Wed

Feb

note

Renate Möller, Der römische Maler Giovanni Baglione: Leben und Werk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner stilgeschichtlichen Stellung zwischen Manierismus und Barock

1991 at 05:33 PM

Renate Möller, Der römische Maler Giovanni Baglione: Leben und Werk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner stilgeschichtlichen Stellung zwischen Manierismus und Barock (Munich: Tuduv, 1991), 50–53, 99–100, no. 13.

Mon

Feb

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Luisa Vertova, Caravaggism in Europe, 2nd rev. ed., vol. 1

1989 at 05:33 PM

Luisa Vertova, Caravaggism in Europe, 2nd rev. ed., vol. 1 (Torino: Umberto Allemandi, 1989), 52 no. 85 (ill.).

Wed

Feb

note

Howard Higgard, Caravaggio

1985 at 05:33 PM

Howard Higgard, Caravaggio (New York: Harper and Row, 1985), 58–60.

Wed

Feb

note

Caravaggio e il suo Tempo, exh. cat.

1985 at 05:33 PM

Caravaggio e il suo Tempo, exh. cat. (Naples: Electa 1985), 90.

Sat

Feb

note

Claudio Strinati, “Riforma della Pittura e Riforma Religiosa,” in L’immagine di San Francesco nella Controriforma, exh. cat.

1982 at 05:33 PM

Claudio Strinati, “Riforma della Pittura e Riforma Religiosa,” in L’immagine di San Francesco nella Controriforma, exh. cat. (Rome: Quasar, 1982), 53.

Fri

Feb

note

R. Ward Bissell, Orazio Gentileschi and the Poetic Tradition in Caravaggesque Painting

1981 at 05:33 PM

R. Ward Bissell, Orazio Gentileschi and the Poetic Tradition in Caravaggesque Painting (University Park, PA and London, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1981), 16, 141, fig. 219.

Thu

Feb

note

Luigi Spezzaferro, “Una Testimonianza per gli Inizi del Caravaggismo,” Storia dell’Arte 23

1975 at 05:33 PM

Luigi Spezzaferro, “Una Testimonianza per gli Inizi del Caravaggismo,” Storia dell’Arte 23 (1975): 55n9, 58.

Thu

Feb

note

Richard E. Spear, Caravaggion and His Followers, rev. ed.

1975 at 05:33 PM

Richard E. Spear, Caravaggion and His Followers, rev. ed. (New York: Harper and Row, 1975), 44-45 no. 3 (ill.)

Tue

Feb

note

Herwarth Röttgen, ed., Il Cavalier d’Arpino, exh. cat.

1973 at 05:33 PM

Herwarth Röttgen, ed., Il Cavalier d’Arpino, exh. cat. (Rome: Luca, 1973), 101.

Sun

Feb

note

Dizionario Enciclopedico Bolaffi dei Pittori e Degli Incisori Italiani: Dall'XI al XX Secolo vol. : Abacco-Bellori

1972 at 05:33 PM

Dizionario Enciclopedico Bolaffi dei Pittori e Degli Incisori Italiani: Dall'XI al XX Secolo vol. : Abacco-Bellori (Torino: Giulio Bolaffi, 1972), 286 (ill.).

Sat

Feb

exhibition

Cleveland Museum of Art, Caravaggio and his Followers, October 27, 1971–January 2, 1972, cat. 3.

1971 at 05:33 PM

Cleveland Museum of Art, Caravaggio and his Followers, October 27, 1971–January 2, 1972, cat. 3.

Thu

Feb

note

Pamela Askew, “The Angelic Consolation of St. Francis of Assisi in Post-Tridentine Italian Painting,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 32

1969 at 05:33 PM

Pamela Askew, “The Angelic Consolation of St. Francis of Assisi in Post-Tridentine Italian Painting,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 32 (1969): 280-306.

Mon

Feb

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Alfred Moir, The Italian Followers of Caravaggio

1967 at 05:33 PM

Alfred Moir, The Italian Followers of Caravaggio (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967), vol. 1, 29-30, vol. 2 ,45 no. 10, fig. 29.

Wed

Feb

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Roberto Longhi, “Giovanni Baglione e il quadro del processo,” Paragone 163

1963 at 05:33 PM

Roberto Longhi, “Giovanni Baglione e il quadro del processo,” Paragone 163 (1963): 23- 31.