Sacred Art
21 works across eight centuries — from the earliest surviving likeness of the Poor Man of Assisi to the Symbolists. Click any work to see it in full.
The Earliest Likeness
Anonymous, Sacro Speco · c. 1228 · Sacro Speco Monastery, Subiaco
The oldest surviving likeness of Francis, painted in the grotto at Subiaco within a few years of his death — long held to be drawn from life.
The Collection
Francis Giving His Mantle to a Poor Man
Giotto di Bondone · c. 1297–1300
Renunciation of Worldly Goods
Dream of Pope Innocent III
Vision of the Thrones
Ecstasy of Saint Francis
Sermon to the Birds
Stigmatization of Saint Francis
The Stigmatization of Saint Francis
Taddeo Gaddi · c. 1325–1330
Saint Francis of Assisi
Fra Angelico · c. 1427
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Jan van Eyck (attributed) · c. 1430–1432
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Francis with Lady Poverty
Sassetta · c. 1437–1444
Saint Francis in the Desert
Giovanni Bellini · c. 1480
Honorius III Approving the Rule
Bartolomé del Castro · c. 1500
Saint Francis Venerating the Crucifix
El Greco · c. 1595–1600
Saint Francis in Ecstasy
Caravaggio · c. 1595
Saint Francis in Meditation
Jusepe de Ribera · c. 1620
Francisco de Zurbarán · c. 1635–1639
Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · c. 1668
The Wolf of Gubbio
Luc-Olivier Merson · 1877
Saint Francis
Jacek Malczewski · 1908