| This painting shows a simple sculptural form of the saint kneeling in prayer. The strong diagonal movement is balanced by the landscape background, the skull, the book, the gesturing hands, and the white paper in the foreground on which Zurbaran signed his name. |
| St. Francis in Meditation |
| Who-
Francisco de Zurbaran What- Oil on Canvas When- 1639 Where-Spain Why- He places single figures against solid, dark backgrounds and then lit them from a single source. |
  
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