Gideon's Sacrifice, detail – Fontebasso Birth-Holy Family wearing a blue mantle and

wearing a blue mantle and a gold headscarf

while the penitent publican bows his head in the back

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

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

Gideon's Sacrifice, detail – Fontebasso Birth-Holy Family wearing a blue mantle andGideon, 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