Vision de Saint François d'Assise
| Reference: | S46011 |
| Author | Andrè Giroux |
| Year: | 1886 |
| Measures: | 410 x 295 mm |
€100.00
| Reference: | S46011 |
| Author | Andrè Giroux |
| Year: | 1886 |
| Measures: | 410 x 295 mm |
€100.00
Description
The work depicts St. Francis having a vision of the Baby Jesus in a humble stable. The saint is depicted with a halo, playing the violin in an atmosphere of profound devotion. Next to him are sheep, symbolizing his connection with nature and animals. On the opposite side, a poor family watches the scene with amazement and hope, reflecting St. Francis's concern for the needy.
Published in “L'Art,” 1886.
From a painting by Charles-François-Prosper Chartran.
Etching, circa 186, signed at the bottom where the production details are also shown.
Good impression on contemporary laid paper, with margins, excellent condition.
Andrè Giroux Parigi 1801 - 1879
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André Giroux was born in Paris in 1801. By the time the Paris-based painter André Giroux won the Prix de Rome for historical landscape painting in 1825, he had already been exhibiting his composed, classical landscapes at the Salon for several years. In Rome, where he remained until 1830, he made friends with the young and innovative landscape painters living in the city, including Corot, Edouard Bertin and Léon Fleury. He frequently painted and sketched out of doors with them. Giroux sent many of his oil sketches back to Paris, where one such series of Italian studies won him a first-class medal at the Salon of 1831.
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Andrè Giroux Parigi 1801 - 1879
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André Giroux was born in Paris in 1801. By the time the Paris-based painter André Giroux won the Prix de Rome for historical landscape painting in 1825, he had already been exhibiting his composed, classical landscapes at the Salon for several years. In Rome, where he remained until 1830, he made friends with the young and innovative landscape painters living in the city, including Corot, Edouard Bertin and Léon Fleury. He frequently painted and sketched out of doors with them. Giroux sent many of his oil sketches back to Paris, where one such series of Italian studies won him a first-class medal at the Salon of 1831.
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