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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Andrew

Description

Six other panels from the series are known. All were owned by the German painter and collector Johann Anton Ramboux in the nineteenth century, and they formed either the predella or a row of figures above the main panels of an altarpiece. The saints were originally painted on one panels are original, but have been painted an anomalous brown). The figures are based on cartoons prepared by Simone in the 1320s, but the execution was certainly entrusted to assistants. The panels have suffered from past cleanings.

Dimensions

Overall, with arched top and engaged frame, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm); painted surface 10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (26.4 x 20 cm)

Movement / Period

Classical Art

Accession No

5bb30348-35eb-460f-b36c-c9e3b7b4f6a0

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Simone Martini

Classical Art • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries