# Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LANFRANCO, Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lanfranco-giovanni-r02ff07ea6c2bff>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 230 x 185 cm

## Commentary

During the Counter-Reformation, ecstasy may have suggested surrender to the Church, while the emphasis on the body suited Baroque ambitions to convey sculpture in paint. Canonized in 1728, Margaret may have had an earlier local cult: this painting was for a church in her native Cortona.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)