Prado Acquires Francesco Francia's Saint Francis

December 3 2021

Picture: Prado

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News via. the Spanish arsmagazine.com that the Prado Museum in Madrid have acquired Francesco Francia's painting of Saint Francis of Assisi for the sum of €70,000. The picture is said to be the Bolognese artist's only picture in a Spanish public collection and was purchased from a Private Collection in Spain.

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