The Falling of the Manna, 1543-1545 (fresco)

The Falling of the Manna (Caduta della manna), by Bronzino, 1543-1545, 16th Century, fresco Detail. The painting describes the miracle of the Manna falling from Heaven upon from Jewish people; men and women stare at the sky and collect flocks of manna putting them in various containers or in their gaments; a young man barechested carries an amphora on his back, and a woman kneeling down with her hands in a vase, is taken while turning her head to a smiling boy; on the gate of entrance, on the left, is palced the globe on which a naked putto lays a golden chalice containing a host, while holding a drape with the other hand Bronzino Museum of Palazzo Vecchio