Flemish School. 16th - 17th century 'Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi on Mount Alvernia, before receiving the stigmata.' Oil on copper. Presented in an imposing carved, gilded, and polychromes wooden frame. 34 x 24,5 cm. The painting depicts the Franciscan saint in seclusion on Mount Alvernia. Around the Feast of the Assumption in 1224, the Saint withdrew to Mount Alvernia and built a small cell there. It was around the day of the Holy Cross in 1224 (symbolised in the painting, flying among cherubs) that the miraculous impression of the stigmata occurred. He is accompanied by Brother Leo, who was acting as his secretary and writing down the annals of the saint's life . Saint Francis died on October 3, 1226, after listening to the reading of the Passion of the Lord according to St. John.