Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in prayer, 17th century
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Venetian School, 17th century Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in prayer Oil on canvas, 74 x 56 cm - with frame 80 x 64 cm On the back bears the seal of the Venetian Academy of Fine Arts San Nicola da Tolentino (1245-1305), in the canvas here analyzed, he is portrayed with the black habit of the Augustinian friars and the tonsure, kneeling in prayer before a crucifix made up of two pieces of rough wood. Nicola was born in Sant'Angelo, in the Anconetana region, in 1245. At the age of eighteen he became a friar in the Augustinian Order and in 1270 he was ordained a priest. He performed several healings that earned him the reputation of a thaumaturge. He settled in Tolentino, a developing center at that time, which implies