Healing of the Crippled Man and Raising of Tabitha, 1424-1425 (fresco)

Healing of the Crippled Man and Raising of Tabitha (Guarigione dello storpio e Resurrezione di Tabita), by Masolino da Panicale, 1424-1425, 15th Century, fresco, 260 x 599 cm Detail. A Christian woman named Tabitha, who still lies down, wearing the shroud, is brought back to life by the blessing of Saint Peter, who stands up by her home; old men and widows wearing blue mantles, standing by the sickbed of the pious woman, attend the miracle, astonished; on the left, two middle-class men are walking along, unresponsive in respect of what is happening all around them; on the background, a square in a perspective view - maybe Piazza della Signoria in Florence - with crenellated houses and palaces and poles between windows Masolino da Panicale Brancacci Chapel