Saint Francis of Assisi

between 1680 and 1700

Attributed to José de Mora Spanish, 1642-1724

On View

European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

Saint Francis of Assisi: 1 of Collection Gallery

Saint Francis of Assisi: 2 of Collection Gallery

Saint Francis of Assisi: 3 of Collection Gallery

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This striking figure of Saint Francis of Assisi steps toward the viewer with one hand pressed to his chest and the other extended to hold a now-absent cross, the focus of his meditative gaze. The seams and weave of his coarse wool habit—worn by the monks of the Franciscan order in obedience to their vow of poverty—are meticulously rendered, and a real knotted cord around his waist functions as the cincture that gathers the robe’s folds. With glass balls for the eyes, real hair for the eyelashes, and bone for the teeth, the sculpture shows off the new levels of hyperrealism that Spanish artists were able to achieve in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Saint Francis of Assisi

Artwork Date between 1680 and 1700

Artist Attributed to José de Mora

Life Dates 1642-1724

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Spanish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Polychrome coniferous wood, glass, cord, hair

Dimensions Overall: 32 11/16 × 15 3/4 × 11 inches (83 × 40 × 27.9 cm) Mount: 7 3/4 × 19 × 15 inches(19.7 × 48.3 × 38.1 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Museum Purchase, Ernest & Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2014.19

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Marquesa de Colomera, Palacio de Colomera en la Plaza de las Tendillas (Córdoba, Spain).
Condesa de Cabra (Córdoba, Spain).
(Coll & Cortés Ltd. Fine Arts, London, England;
2014-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA: Notable Acquisitions, 2000–2015 89, no. 1/4 (2015): p. 88 (ill.).

Darr, Alan Phipps, Yao-Fen You, and Megan Reddicks. “Recent Acquisitions (2007–15) of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts.” The Burlington Magazine 158 (June 2016): 501–512, p. 504 (ill.).

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attributed to José de Mora, Saint Francis of Assisi, between 1680 and 1700, polychrome coniferous wood, glass, cord, hair . Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ernest & Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2014.19.