MERISI, IL CARAVAGGIO MICHELANGELO (1571 - 1610). Circle of. Saint Francis in meditation.. The Soprintendenza alle Belle Arti italiana considers this painting to be a work of national importance and requires it to remain in Italy; it cannot therefore be exported from Italy. Provenance: London, Bonham's, July 4th 2018, lot 44. Publication: M. Marubbi, in ""Da Lotto a Caravaggio. La collezione e le ricerche di Roberto Longhi (a cura di Mina Gregori e Maria Cristina Bandera)"", Marsilio, Venezia, 2016, p. 97. For the full text please contact the auction house. . Cm 93,00 x 115,50. Oil on canvas