A remarkable painting of St.Francis of Assisi is on display in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields,USA,painted by the Italian master Pietro da Rimini around 1330(Figure 1)(1).The painting is entitled‘Saint Fr...A remarkable painting of St.Francis of Assisi is on display in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields,USA,painted by the Italian master Pietro da Rimini around 1330(Figure 1)(1).The painting is entitled‘Saint Francis receives the stigmata’,and depicts the saint experiencing a vision as he prays.He sees Christ,bearing the wounds from his crucifixion,flying with an angel-like creature called a seraph.The wounds of Christ represent the four places where nails were driven through his hands and feet during his crucifixion,each denoting a stigma.A fifth stigma appears as a wound on the right side of his chest,where he was stabbed with a lance between the ribs by the Roman soldier who wanted to ascertain his death.展开更多
文摘A remarkable painting of St.Francis of Assisi is on display in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields,USA,painted by the Italian master Pietro da Rimini around 1330(Figure 1)(1).The painting is entitled‘Saint Francis receives the stigmata’,and depicts the saint experiencing a vision as he prays.He sees Christ,bearing the wounds from his crucifixion,flying with an angel-like creature called a seraph.The wounds of Christ represent the four places where nails were driven through his hands and feet during his crucifixion,each denoting a stigma.A fifth stigma appears as a wound on the right side of his chest,where he was stabbed with a lance between the ribs by the Roman soldier who wanted to ascertain his death.
