Vittore Carpaccio, St. Stephen is Consecrated Deacon
1511
Oil on canvas, 58.5 x 92.6 in. (149.5 x 235.3 cm.)
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
St. Stephen kneels before St. Peter (with his short, square beard). One of the six other deacons-elect looks on from the far side of the staircase; the other five kneel behind Stephen, accompanied by some of the Christian women. On the left a group of Jews has gathered. In this period it was common to picture non-Christian inhabitants of the Near East in turbans.
A paper attached to the pilgrim's staff in the lower right has the date and signature: VICTOR CARPATHIVS / PINXIT M·D·XI·
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