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Title:
Gonfalone of Corciano / Madonna della misericordia [Madonna of Mercy]
Creator:
Bonfigli, Benedetto, painter, or school
Description:
This processional banner, or gonfalone, was commissioned following an outbreak of plague. Above a depiction of the walled city of Corciano, God the Father rains down arrows, symbolic of the plague. The Virgin blocks them from the faithful with her mantle. On the left St. Augustine presents the men of the town (including Augustinian friars). The women are presented on the right by St. Sebastian, who has taken many plague arrows into his own body.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Subject
(See Also)
:
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Saint
Augustinian Order
Black Death
Hagiography
Madonna of Mercy, Artistic Motif
Mary, Virgin, Saint
Sebastian, Martyr and Saint
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
Date:
1472
Related Work:
Current Location:
Corciano (Perugia), Santa Maria Assunta
Original Location:
Corciano (Perugia), Sant’Agostino
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Paintings
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Cloth; Tempera
Donor:
Height/Width/Length(cm):
240 cm/132 cm/
Inscription:
Appearing on two banners:
Sancta Maria succurre misereris, iuva pusillanimes, refove flebiles, ora pro populo
[Holy Mary give aid to those in misery, help the weak, revive those who weep, pray for the people]
O Maria flos virginum velut rosa, velut lilium, funde preces ad filium pro salute fidelium
[O Mary, flower of virgins, like a rose or a lily, pour out prayers to the Son for the salvation of the faithful]
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