Stock Photo - Saint Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow (San Pietro risana gli infermi con la sua ombra), by Masaccio, 1425-1427, 15th Century, fresco, 230 x 162 cm. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Brancacci Chapel. Detail. Saint Peter, wearing an orange mantle, walks solemnly along the street, followed by Saint John, who wears a pink mantle, at his passage, his shadow heals a group of sick people on the left roadside: one of them stands up and thanks the saint, a second man is standing up calmly and a third one, who lies down, looks the saint with a sentiment of trepidation, the classic iconography gives various meanings to these figures: the character wearing the red headgear was thought to be Masolino or maybe Donatello, the character of Saint Peter was thought to be a portrait of Lo Scheggia, Masaccio's brother, the character of an old, bearded man, similar to one of the Wise Men depicted in the Masaccio's Polyptic of Pisa, was thought to be Bicci da Lorenzo.

Stock Photo: Saint Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow (San Pietro risana gli infermi con la sua ombra), by Masaccio, 1425-1427, 15th Century, fresco, 230 x 162 cm.

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