Nicola di Maestro Antonio
Annunciation Triptych: Detail, St. Benedict

Last quarter of the 15th century
Ducal Palace, Urbino, Italy

St. Benedict is pictured as a Benedictine monk with a tonsure and the characteristic black habit with cowl. He holds his attributes: the bundle of rods that he used as an examplum of unity among the monks and a red book referencing the "Rule" he wrote governing monastic life.

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Photographed at the Ducal Palace by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.