ROSSO FIORENTINO
(b. 1494, Firenze, d. 1540, Paris)

Marriage of the Virgin (detail)

1523
Oil on canvas
San Lorenzo, Florence

The detail shows the kneeling figure of St Apollonia on the right side of the painting. As far as traditional representations of this theme are concerned, quite unusual is the presence among the onlookers in the foreground of St Apollonia who certainly could not have witnessed the event.