  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  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&acirc;&#128;&#148;worn by the monks of the Franciscan order in obedience to their vow of poverty&acirc;&#128;&#148;are meticulously rendered, and a real knotted cord around his waist functions as the cincture that gathers the robe&acirc;&#128;&#153;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 Jos&Atilde;&copy; de Mora
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1642-1724
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  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
  
  
  
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  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Polychrome coniferous wood, glass, cord, hair
  
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 32 11/16 &Atilde;&#151; 15 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 11 inches (83 &Atilde;&#151; 40 &Atilde;&#151; 27.9 cm)
  Mount: 7 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 19 &Atilde;&#151; 15 inches(19.7 &Atilde;&#151; 48.3 &Atilde;&#151; 38.1 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Museum Purchase, Ernest &amp; 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&acirc;&#128;&#153;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&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  2014.19
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
