A man with deeply tanned skin and a woman with pale skin stand under pointed arches with a woman wearing blue in the triangular gable above, all against a gold background and set within a carved, gold frame in this vertical painting. This is the right wing of a three-panel triptych. The man on the left is mostly bald but has a fringe of tawny brown hair, a forked beard, and he wears a white robe. His body is angled slightly to our left. He looks down at a book held open in both hands. The cover is decorated with gold against a scarlet-red cover. The woman on the right faces us, looking at us…
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Saint Bernard and Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the Virgin of the Annunciation [right panel]

painter Agnolo Gaddi (Florentine, c. 1350 - 1396)

shortly before 1387

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 194.6 × 80 cm (76 5/8 × 31 1/2 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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