# St Francis in Portiuncula

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## Artwork

- Artist: [THIJS, Pieter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/thijs-pieter-r70d28fd51975f4>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 250 x 264 cm

## Commentary

St Francis of Assisi was followed by a considerable number of disciples, who congregated in Portiuncula, a small hermitage in the foothills of Assisi where Francis spent most of his life, and where he died in 1226.

## Related artworks

- [Mystic Marriage of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/thijs-pieter-r70d28fd51975f4/mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-r95274b2226a0ce>)
- [Portrait of Philips van de Werve and His Wife](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/thijs-pieter-r70d28fd51975f4/portrait-of-philips-van-de-werve-and-his-wife-rc7b76e8618295c>)
- [Time and the Goddesses of Fate](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/thijs-pieter-r70d28fd51975f4/time-and-the-goddesses-of-fate-r25161fa9e38d5d>)

## Attribution

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