Saint Mark l'évangéliste, accompagné de son symbole de lion ailé, est assis à un bureau écrivant son Evangile en 1400s piémontais cycle de fresque gothique tardif. Sur la voûte au plafond dans l'église de l'ancien couvent franciscain à Susa, Piémont, Italie. Au-dessous de Saint Marc, sous les canopies gothiques, se trouvent Saint Paul (à gauche) et Saint Pierre (à droite).
3872 x 2592 px | 32,8 x 21,9 cm | 12,9 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
27 mai 2007
Lieu:
Susa, Piedmont, Italy
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Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.
Susa, Piedmont, Italy: Saint Mark sits on an ornate carved throne at a pedestal desk, writing his Gospel, accompanied by his winged lion Evangelist emblem, in a segment of a 15th century fresco cycle covering a quadripartite vault in the church of the former Franciscan convent of San Francesco di Susa. Below him, under gothic canopies, stand St Paul (l) and St Peter (r), with the latter carrying the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. The other three segments feature the other Evangelists also sitting writing their gospels, with their symbols beside them: the winged ox of St Luke, the angel of St Matthew and the eagle of St John. The thrones in the Evangelist frescoes are all painted with an exaggerated use of perspective. According to legend, the church was built after St Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan monastic order, visited Susa as he journeyed to France in 1214. St Francis is said to have stayed there as a guest of Beatrice of Geneva, wife of Tommaso I, Count of Savoy, and to have given her the sleeve of his cassock in exchange for land on which to build a convent. A sleeve said to be the one he gave Beatrice is preserved as a relic in the church of the Capuchin Friars Minor in Annecy, France. The former convent is the earliest building in Piedmont to be dedicated to St Francis. It was supressed and used as a warehouse during the Napoleonic era, but was regained by Franciscan friars in 1899. They finally left in 2007 and the convent buildings are now used as a guesthouse for modern travellers following the ancient Via Francigena Christian pilgrimage route from Canterbury in England to Rome, via France, the alpine Moncenisio Pass and the Val di Susa. D0341.A4063
