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28 - Come Benedetto accoglie e riconosce Totila Asciano

28 - Come Benedetto accoglie e riconosce Totila

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Artist: Luca Signorelli
Year: 1497-98
Current location: Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
Original location: Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore

DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
The fresco shows the story of King Totila who wants to know St. Benedict and sends speak with him a squire dressed as a king to see if the Holy notice the change, the squire knelt to the ground while Totila-which is the Re-sits next to it (only the servants kneel, the Kings did not kneel ever) but the look of St. Benedict is that you understand the trick behind a Totila his bodyguard held tight a dagger ready to intervene to defend the King.



28 - Come Benedetto accoglie e riconosce Totila