Crucifix, Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi, Padua, Italy
Miraculous crucifix, Renaissance sculpture by Donatello, 1386-1466, in the Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi, built 1372-90, in Padua, Veneto, Italy. Legend says that the crucifix miraculously bled for 15 days in 1512. The 2m tall polychrome sculpture in poplar wood was painted in bronze at a later date, and restored to its original state in 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14078959
Media ID
45749193
Size
6785px x 8268px
(18.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
