Pennnacchi, Pier Maria (attrib.)
St. Stephen

Late 15th / early 16th century
Painted panel
Ceiling, Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Venice, Italy

This is one of several dozen painted panels in the church's coffered ceiling. This is one of the few panels without a banderole naming the person. Instead, St. Stephen is identified by his traditional attributes: stones, a palm branch, and a dalmatic. the sleeved outer garment that deacons wear at Mass It is also conventional to portray him without a beard.

According to the church's guide book, "The attribution of the painting cycle to Pier Maria Pennacchi (c. 1464-1515) seems to have been a generic label applied long after the diverse figures were painted."

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.