Saint Bernardino of Siena bringing a sick infant back from the dead. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after V. Salimbeni.

  • Salimbeni, Ventura, 1568-1613.
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1700-1799
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10982i
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Saint Bernardino of Siena bringing a sick infant back from the dead. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after V. Salimbeni. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previously catalogued as a picture of Saint Anthony of Padua. On the ground is the tablet emblazoned with the IHS device (Name of Jesus) which Saint Bernardino of Siena carried with him and showed to the crowds attending his sermons (Réau, loc. cit.). In the background, a bull is on the rampage in a city

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1700-1799

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1 print

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Bears number: N. XXXIX. It is not clear why Weigel (loc. cit.) gives the number 136

References note

Rudolph Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 675, no. 7952 ("Ein Heiliger erweckt ein todtes Kind. Halbrund. Feder und Bister. S. Mulinari sc. Br. 12" H. 6" 1"'. Mulinari, Disegni originali nella Galleria di Firenze 136.")
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, vol. III, part 1, Paris 1958, p. 219

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Wellcome Collection 10982i

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Salimbeni was a native of Siena, of which Saint Bernardino was patron saint

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