Bernardino Fungai, Virgin & Child with 2 Saints, oil on panel, Siena, c.1500
The Goldfinch on the parapet alludes to Christ's death. The bird was mistakenly thought to eat thorns. According to legend, it plucked a spine from Christ's crown of thorns and got a red spot on its head from a drop of his blood.
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Bernardino Fungai, Virgin & Child with 2 Saints, oil on panel, Siena, c.1500
The Goldfinch on the parapet alludes to Christ's death. The bird was mistakenly thought to eat thorns. According to legend, it plucked a spine from Christ's crown of thorns and got a red spot on its head from a drop of his blood.
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Uploaded on May 25, 2020
Taken on September 20, 2019