Vincenzo Foppa, Peter Martyr's Miracle of the Cloud

1468 (restored early 20th century)
Fresco
Portinari Chapel
Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio

As in the high relief of this miracle in the same chapel, Peter stands in an outdoor pulpit well above the crowd. But here none of the figures stands out as the "heretical bishop" who challenged Peter to ask God for a cloud. Perhaps it is the man in purple at the head of the men in the background.

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