Jose Lingna Nafafe

@Barlafuess Obrigadissimo, Miriam pela partilha! Que bom ver-te aqui também! Incredible representation.

@JNafafe Oi! tão bom que você está aqui! So, apparently, the original scene refers to Giovanni da Matha's vision of Jesus liberating two enslaved men, a European and an African. He was the founder of the Trinitarian order. Here the earliest (?) representation artepiu.info/mosaico-edicol…

A friend recently visited the church of San Ferdinando in #Livorno and told me about this sculpture referred to as "the liberated/ransomed slaves". Just thought it might be interesting for some #arthistorians out there. #slaveryarchive en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ferdi…