This oil painting on board is a masterpiece of the Venetian Renaissance. Full of details that unfold the story, the main scene shows Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata, the wounds of Christ..
The blue-green light cast on the Umbrian landscape may reflect the strange light of a solar eclipse that occurred around the time the painting was made. Look for the tiny piece of paper blown against a scrub tree that bears the artist's signature..

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