Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man, Antonio Vivarini, 1450s

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Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man, 1450s, Tempera and gold on wood, 20 7/8 x 13 1/8 in. (53 x cm), Paintings, Antonio Vivarini (Italian, Venice, active by 1441–died 1476/84), This painting belongs to a series of eight scenes that would have been arranged around an image or statue of Saint Peter Martyr (1205–1252). Here the saint ministers to a youth who had kicked his mother and cut off his leg in remorse

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Size: 3391px × 5359px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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