Provenance

Giovanni Bellini, St. Francis in the Desert, ca. 1475–80
St. Francis
Moved from Venice
To the Madison
Fled the lonely lagoon
For a bigger apple
A thing unique in art
No buyer could hold
the far flung chapel

Installation view of Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert (ca. 1475–80), in its chapel-like space at Frick Madison