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Painting of the crucified Christ above a kneeling brown-robed friar embracing the foot of the cross under a stormy dusk sky.

St Francis Lamenting at the Foot of the Cross

A crucified Christ, pale against a stormy dusk sky with a crescent moon, dominates the upper half. A kneeling friar in a brown habit embraces the base of the cross on a barren slope, his face pressed to the wood. Oil painting with dramatic, dark tonal contrasts.

Artist
mogelijk kopie naar Anthony van Dyck
Date
1650-1670
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2773 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1670.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: San Francisco abrazado al pie de la cruz

Un Cristo crucificado, pálido contra un cielo tormentoso al atardecer con una luna creciente, domina la mitad superior. Un fraile arrodillado con hábito marrón abraza la base de la cruz en una ladera árida, con el rostro apoyado en la madera. Pintura al óleo de fuerte contraste tonal oscuro.

Português: São Francisco abraçado ao pé da cruz

Um Cristo crucificado, pálido contra um céu tempestuoso ao crepúsculo com uma lua crescente, domina a metade superior. Um frade ajoelhado de hábito marrom abraça a base da cruz numa encosta árida, com o rosto encostado na madeira. Pintura a óleo de forte contraste tonal escuro.