This 15th-century painting by Giovanni Bellini shows St. Francis in a state of ecstasy. Skip to main content. ... St. Francis in the Desert, 1475-1480. On view at the Frick Collection in New York.

According to his biographers, St. Francis was one of the most joyous of men, yet he is rarely pictured smiling. Into the Desert: Il Poverello in portraiture | America Magazine Skip to main content ...

In the the Frick Collection's "St. Francis in the Desert" (c. 1480) by Giovanni Bellini, the artist conveys the sense that we, too, are experiencing a vision.

Temptation of Saint Anthony, (painting) Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. Object Details painter Pippin, Horace 1888-1946 Notes Stein, Judith E., "I Tell My Heart: The Art of ...