Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving the Birds  1530

These two scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, a thirteenth-century Augustinian saint, were part of an altarpiece dedicated to him in the Muzzarelli chapel in the church of Sant’Andrea in Ferrara, the centerpiece of which was a sculpture. They show two of the saint’s many miracles, one in which he revived a child who had died before being baptized and anoth...