Vittore Carpaccio
St. Vitalis on Horseback and Eight Saints

1514
Church of Santo Stefano, Venice

Here Vitalis is portrayed as what the Golden Legend calls him, a "consular knight" (miles consularis) with the armor and gear of a contemporary knight of some importance.

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Detail photographs of the upper and lower sections of the painting.
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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.