Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Early 16th-century dish from Deruta showing Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata

Majolica dish painted in blue, green and orange: a kneeling saint in a monk's habit with a crucifix above him, a second monk beside him and an ornamental border.

Italian dish of the early sixteenth century, comune of Deruta. If you thought that Francis of Assisi was flying a kite in the shape of the crucified Christ, then cross yourself: the scene depicts the saint's receiving of the stigmata from Jesus himself

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