Esaltazione dell'Eucaristia (Esaltation of the Eucaristy) or Disputa sull'Eucaristia, Ventura Salimbeni

The so called ufo or “sputnik” of montalcino. This is actually the name so often used by certain sites to refer to the object between the figures of the holy trinity, which is not an ufo. That object, painted in many trinity representations, is a symbol of the "celestial sphere", and in this particular painting contains the illustration of the sun and the moon. Object Type: painting. Date: late 16th century. Medium: painting. Collection: church of St. Peter in Montalcino (Siena, Italy). Esaltation of the Eucaristy - Salimbeni