Saint Francis of Assisi kneeling in prayer, holding a skull. Engraving by Alphonse Charles Masson, 1849, after Francisco Zurbarán.

[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], [1849]

1 print : engraving, printed in colour, with etching ; platemark 38.5 x 24.9 cm

Neil Maclaren, National gallery catalogues: the Spanish school, London 1970, pp. 137-138 ("Engraved by Alphonse Masson (before 1854)")

Tiziana Frati, L'opera completa di Zurbarán, Milan 1973, no. 169, pp. 99-100 ("Il tema venne riproposto da vari artisti ... in particolare, una acquaforte di Alphonse Masson, 1849")

Wellcome Collection 29802i

After: a painting acquired in Spain for King Louis Philippe of France, exhibited in the Galerie Espagnole at the Louvre 1838-1848, and bought in 1853 for the National Gallery, London