St. Francis in Ecstasy Painting by Caravaggio

Famous Art work & Drawing by Caravaggio -St. Francis in Ecstasy

St. Francis in Ecstasy. c.1596. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.

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Fanny Carwvaggio -Blankers could not take part in Olympic Games for 12 years due to World War II. She took part in the London Olympics in 1948 held after a gap of 12 years. Earlier she had taken part in the Berling Olympics of 1936. She also represented Holland in the Helsinki Olympics of 1952. In the London Olympics, she won four gold medals. They were for 100 metres (11.9 seconds), 200 metres (244 seconds), 80 metres hurdles race (11.2 seconds) and 4X100 metres relay race.

Earlier, she set up world records in 80 metres hurdles race in 1942. In 1943, she set up world records in high and long jumps. She also established world records in 100 metres race (1944), 220 metres in 1950 and pentathlon in 1951.

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