Gaetano Zompini, Miracle of the Virgin
18th century
Church of San Giacomo dall'Orio, Venice, Italy
This "miracle" is related in the Golden Legend and several much earlier sources. The Apostles are carrying Mary's bier (lectus in the Latin) to her tomb when a priest of the Jews grabs at it intending to hurl it to the ground. For this he loses his hands. Astonished at this miracle, the priest repents and is converted. In the painting we see the severed hands hanging from the edge of the bier.
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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.