Morse with St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Title: Morse with Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

Date: ca. 1300–1350

Geography: Made in Tuscany, Italy

Culture: Italian

Medium: Gilded copper with translucent and champlevé enamel

Dimensions: Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (10.8 x 10.9 x 0.9 cm)

Classification: Enamels-Basse taille

Credit Line: Gift of Georges and Edna Seligmann, in memory of his father, the art collector Simon
Seligmann, and his brother, René, 1979

Accession Number: 1979.498.2


Description:

This brooch, used as a neck fastening for the robe of a bishop or an abbot, shows Saint Francis being marked with the same wounds that Jesus bore at the Crucifixion. This miracle took place on September 17, 1224, while Francis of Assisi was praying on Mount Alverna.

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