Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man holds a palm frond and a book in front of a gold background in this vertical painting, which has a triangular top. The person’s body is angled slightly to our left, but he looks off to our right from the corners of his brown eyes. He has a thin nose with a rounded tip, full pink lips, and a cleft in his round chin. His blond hair is cut into a ring around his head. His red robe is edged with gold and has rectangular gold patches on the sleeves. A white ruffled collar stands high but loosely around his neck. He braces the book, which…
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Deacon Saint, with Saint Anthony Abbot [right panel]

painter Martino di Bartolomeo (Sienese, active 1393/1434)

c. 1415/1420

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 93.4 × 44.13 cm (36 3/4 × 17 3/8 in.) ; original panel: 102.87 × 44.13 × 4.13 cm (40 1/2 × 17 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.) ; overall (with added wood strips): 107 × 53.98 × 4.13 cm (42 1/8 × 21 1/4 × 1 5/8 in.) ; depth (indicates…
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Gift of Samuel L. Fuller
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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