Episode 22: Saint Bernardino heals a boy with a facial sore; Episode 23: The people make daily supplication to Saint Bernardino; Episod e24: Saint Bernardino cures a diseased woman, from "The Life of Saint Bernardino of Siena"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.5 × 27.5 cm) Sheet: 12 5/16 × 17 3/8 in. (31.2 × 44.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.555.44(8)
Art Historical Context
This etching, part of a series illustrating *The Life of Saint Bernardino Siena*, captures three miraculous episodes from the 15th-century Franciscan preacher's legend: Saint Bernardino healing a boy with a facial sore ( 22), the faithful making daily supplications to himEpisode 23), and a diseased woman (Episode24). Created between 1610 and 1639 by Sienese artists Rutilio Manetti, who likely designed the compositions, and engraver Bernardino Capitelli, reflects the Baroque era's dramatic storytelling. Printed on a plate measuring 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 inches, the work now resides in the Metropoli...