Polptych of Saint Vincent Ferrer, The panel shows several separate images within smaller frames surrounding the central image of the titular Saint Vincent Ferrer. The saint is dressed in monastic clothing and holds an open book, though the script is too small to be legible. Around him are scenes from his life. Beginning from the top left and moving down: a marriage he conducts, a sermon he gives to many, and him praying to a devotional panel of the Madonna and Child. From the top right: him blessing a family with a perished child, the saint meeting Christ, the saint appearing in the clouds over a night sky. The bottom panels have three scenes, though the far left is obscured in the photograph. The far left scene shows him either rebuking or healing a woman being held by a crowd and other uncouth-looking individuals close by, the middle is a woman reading a book towards what is probably a memorial statue, and on the far right it is him on his deathbed. Though the scenes are not labeled they are included and representative of the saint's life. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending.
- Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive | Sicily (SICI) | Polptych of Saint Vincent Ferrer, The panel shows several separate images within smaller frames surrounding the central image of the titular Saint Vincent Ferrer. The saint is dressed in monastic clothing and holds an open book, though the script is too small to be legible. Around him are scenes from his life. Beginning from the top left and moving down: a marriage he conducts, a sermon he gives to many, and him praying to a devotional panel of the Madonna and Child. From the top right: him blessing a family with a perished child, the saint meeting Christ, the saint appearing in the clouds over a night sky. The bottom panels have three scenes, though the far left is obscured in the photograph. The far left scene shows him either rebuking or healing a woman being held by a crowd and other uncouth-looking individuals close by, the middle is a woman reading a book towards what is probably a memorial statue, and on the far right it is him on his deathbed. Though the scenes are not labeled they are included and representative of the saint's life. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1456-1465
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