# The Miracle of Host

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VECELLIO, Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecellio-francesco-raba8e3b33b4872>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

In this scene on the end wall of the room, a donkey that has been starved for days kneels kneels down before the Host rather than eating the food offered it. The animal&#39;s owner, who had doubted that the Eucharist was holy, is converted from his lack of faith.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Child with Sts Joseph and John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecellio-francesco-raba8e3b33b4872/madonna-and-child-with-sts-joseph-and-john-the-baptist-r62479f27dff016>)
- [The Miracle of the Miser&#39;s Heart](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecellio-francesco-raba8e3b33b4872/the-miracle-of-the-misers-heart-r80c3e3e13dfebd>)
- [View of the end wall](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vecellio-francesco-raba8e3b33b4872/view-of-the-end-wall-rc4010adbb0c3ec>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)