Antique and beautiful, bone sculpture of San Francesco de Assisi

Antique and beautiful, bone sculpture of San Francesco de Assisi . In his right hand he has a rosary and in his left a skull, both hands have stigmata.

The condition of the sculpture is exceptional with an intact antique patina.

Italy, mid-1700s,

Size 12 cm

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Francis of Assisi (Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), was an Italian mystic and Catholic friar who founded the Franciscans. He was inspired to lead a life of poverty as an itinerant preacher. One of the most venerated figures in Christianity, Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on 16 July 1228.