Madonna with Saint Giovanni and the UFO

The Painting The Madonna with Saint Giovannino was painted in the 15th century. Most people credit it to the Italian Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. Ghirlandaio had lead an artist workshop in Florence that Michelangelo apprenticed at. There is some controversy on who painted it, but that's not the mystery.  

The painting was like many religious ones at the time. The only thing that sticks out is the object sitting in the upper right area of the sky. It seems that the shepherd in the background is staring at it. Many believe that the strange shape looks like a UFO. 

Actually the "flying saucer" may have been an angel in the form of a dark cloud. Even though it's rare for artists to depict angels like this it isn't unheard of. The mystery of what the thing floating in the sky may never have a definitive answer.


SOURCES:
https://www.historicmysteries.com/madonna-with-saint-giovannino/
https://www.walksinsideflorence.it/the-mystery-of-the-madonna-and-the-ufo.html
https://www.florenceinferno.com/madonna-of-ufo-painting-palazzo-vecchio/
http://www.italymagazine.com/news/madonna-saint-giovannino-ufo-inspired-art
https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-madonna-with-saint-giovannino-ufo-painting
https://www.singularfortean.com/singularjournal/2016/6/10/anachronistic-art-the-madonna-with-saint-giovannino
https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2014/05/06/madonna-saint-giovannino-ufo/