St Francis of Assisi and Announcing Angel (panels of a polyptych)
by TURA, Cosmè, Oil on panel, 30 x 11 cm (each)
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.