The Virgin Adored by Saints
1609
49.0 x 74.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This early Italian example of an oil on copper shows the Virgin bestowing the scapular—a small piece of cloth symbolic of the yoke of Christ—on Saint Simon Stock, an English Carmelite monk who allegedly had a vision of this occurrence. Two donors kneel in the left middle distance with Saint Anthony of Padua.
ippolito scarsella (scarsellino) (1550 – 1620)
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About this artwork
- Title: The Virgin Adored by Saints
- Artist: ippolito scarsella (scarsellino)
- Year: 1609
- Original dimensions: 49.0 x 74.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Color hue: Green Spectrum
- Color intensity: Monochromatic