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The Crucifixion of Saint Wilgefortis
is an oil-on-panel
triptych
created by the Dutch painter
Hieronymus Bosch
from 1497 to 1505. The identity of the subject has been uncertain; she was believed to be
Saint Julia of Corsica
, whose feast day is May 23 in the Western
liturgical calendar
, but the triptych is now believed to depict
Saint Wilgefortis
, after restoration work revealed that the female martyr had originally been painted with a beard. The work is in the collection of the
Gallerie dell'Accademia
in Venice, Italy.
Painting credit:
Hieronymus Bosch
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