Episode 28: At Logronium Saint Bernardino brings an injured boy back to life; Episode 29: Saint Peter appears to Saint Bernardino on the road to Rome; Episode 30: Saint Bernardino falls ill and dies in 1444, from "The Life of Saint Bernardino of Siena"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (21.3 × 27.4 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 × 17 3/8 in. (31 × 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(10)
Art Historical Context
This etching, part of the series *The of Saint Bernardino of Siena*, captures three dramatic episodes from the saint's biography: his miracle at Logium, where he revives an injured boy; visionary encounter with Saint Peter en route to; and his death in 1444. Created between 1610 and 1639 by Sienese artist Rutil Manetti, likely as designer, and etched by Bernardino Capitelli, print measures a modest plate size of 8⅜ × 10⅞ inches, perfect for devotional circulation. Saint Bernardino (1380–1444), a revered Franciscan preacher known for his fiery sermons against vice and his purported miracles, b...