A Miracle of Saint Francis of Paola

Italienische Malerei 1650–1740, 1733

This is a tall, vertical painting. In the center, a woman in a pink-and-yellow gown sits on the ground, holding a limp child in her arms. She faces the left and is looking upward at a man in a brown robe who faces her and extends one arm towards the child, placing his finger on its forehead. Surrounding this group, many other people look at them with expressions of shock or amazement, leaning forward with their mouths open and hands raised. All the people in the painting have pale skin, although the child and another man in the bottom right corner have a greenish sheen to their skin. In the sky above this group, cherubs and angels fly, surrounded by clouds and looking down on the scene below. The sky is blue, with pink clouds and green trees, and a tall gray column on the left side.
Artista
Italienische Malerei 1650–1740
Datazione
1733
Tipologia
Dipinto
Tecnica
Olio su tela
Dimensioni
84,9 × 35,2 cm
Collezione
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenza
Pubblico dominio, CC0

Descrizione dell’immagine

This is a tall, vertical painting. In the center, a woman in a pink-and-yellow gown sits on the ground, holding a limp child in her arms. She faces the left and is looking upward at a man in a brown robe who faces her and extends one arm towards the child, placing his finger on its forehead. Surrounding this group, many other people look at them with expressions of shock or amazement, leaning forward with their mouths open and hands raised. All the people in the painting have pale skin, although the child and another man in the bottom right corner have a greenish sheen to their skin. In the sky above this group, cherubs and angels fly, surrounded by clouds and looking down on the scene below. The sky is blue, with pink clouds and green trees, and a tall gray column on the left side.

Italienische Malerei 1650–1740