# St Francis of Assisi and Announcing Angel \(panels of a polyptych\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TURA, Cosmè]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 30 x 11 cm \(each\) ## Commentary St Francis of Assisi and Announcing Angel \(panels of a polyptych\) c. 1475 Oil on panel, 30 x 11 cm \(each\) National Gallery of Art, Washington There are four small panels of identical size in the National Gallery of Art in Washington which are thought to belonged to the eight paintings executed by Tura for a small triptych commissioned by the Duke Ercole I d'Este in 1475. The four paintings are St Francis, the Announcing Angel, the Virgin Announced and St Maurelio. \*\*\* Keywords: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Author: TURA, Cosmè Title: St Francis of Assisi and Announcing Angel \(panels of a polyptych\) Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious ## Related artworks - [A Muse \(Calliope?\)]() - [A Muse \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(from the predella of the Roverella Polyptych\)]() - [Alfonso d'Este]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()