Gideon's Sacrifice, detail – Fontebasso Birth-Holy Family is a detail from a

is a detail from a larger work by Giovanni Tiepolo called: The Vision of Saint Paschal Baylon

Peter cuts off the ear of the soldier Malchus

dressed in white travelling robes and with walking sticks in their hands

who kneel before him in the church

while the penitent publican bows his head in the back

Gideon's Sacrifice, detail – Fontebasso Birth-Holy Family is a detail from aGideon, one of the Hebrew Judges from the Old Testament, initiates a sacrifice to the Lord, which an angel completes: "The angel of the Lord put forth the tip of the rod, which he held in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and there arose a fire from the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and the angel of the Lord vanished out of his sight." Judges 6: 21. Artwork by Fontebasso. Usage note: This digital