Viral X post compared Jared Verse play to artwork from 1300’s

ArtButMakeItSports captured this Jared Verse play beautifully

Sports are considered an art form of their own. There’s an often-viral account on X, ArtButMakeItSports, that takes images from sporting events and compares them to historical works of art.

The account captured Los Angeles Rams rookie Jared Verse diving at Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold beautifully, drawing comparisons to Pietro da Rimini’s “St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata” from 1330:

It’s OK if you aren’t familiar with this piece. I wasn’t either. The internet is our friend, and brings many answers.

Here’s what scholar Thomas M van Gulik had to say about Rimini’s work. Dr. Gulik is a professor of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism at Amsterdam UMC. He specializes in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HBP) surgery.

A remarkable painting of St. Francis of Assisi is on display in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, USA, painted by the Italian master Pietro da Rimini around 1330. The painting is entitled ‘Saint Francis receives the stigmata’, and depicts the saint experiencing a vision as he prays. He sees Christ, bearing the wounds from his crucifixion, flying with an angel-like creature called a seraph. The wounds of Christ represent the four places where nails were driven through his hands and feet during his crucifixion, each denoting a stigma. A fifth stigma appears as a wound on the right side of his chest, where he was stabbed with a lance between the ribs by the Roman soldier who wanted to ascertain his death.

It’s beautiful work that almost rivals the complete game the Rams just put together against the Vikings. LA won 27-9 and will advance to the divisional round against the Philadelphia Eagles.