Painting, Pala Bardi altarpiece, Santa Croce, Florence

Miracles at the funeral of St Francis; a paralysed girl with a twisted neck is cured, demons are expelled from a woman from Narni and from Pietro de Foligno, painting, detail, from the Pala Bardi, altarpiece of the Bardi Chapel, tempera paint and gold on wood, with St Francis of Assisi and 20 stories from his life, 1245-50, by Coppo di Marcovaldo, 1225-76, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, the largest Franciscan church in the world, founded by St Francis of Assisi, begun 1294, consecrated 1443, and remodelled in the 16th century by Giorgio Vasari, October 2023, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

14123414

Media ID

45950069

Size

5177px x 3543px (9.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009