Shown from the waist up, a pale-skinned, bearded man faces us against a shiny gold background on this arched, vertical panel. The wooden panel is rounded at the top and has a wooden frame, which is painted gold along the bottom. The man’s skin has a greenish cast, but his cheeks and forehead are rosy. He has wavy, honey-brown hair and a long, forked beard. With his head tilted slightly to our right, the man looks up and off in that direction with gray eyes. He has a narrow, straight nose, a thin pink mouth, and small ears. He holds a red book in front of his chest with his right hand, to our…
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Saint James Major

painter Simone Martini (Sienese, active from 1315; died 1344)

c. 1315/1320

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 26 x 20 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.) ; overall: 30.7 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) ; framed: 44.4 x 60 cm (17 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.)
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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