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Source Description
Following her conversion to Christianity, Lucy (d. 304) was subjected to a series of tortures, all of which she miraculously survived. Here, the saint holds the dagger with which she was ultimately executed and the lamp, her attribute. This painting originally was on the left side of an altarpiece that consisted of a central image of the Virgin and Child flanked by saints.The ornate details and delicate gold surfaces enlivened by punch-marks are characteristic of the refined style of mid 14th-century Sienese painting.
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Document identity
localId
38525
label
Saint Lucy
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
38525
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Saint Lucy
description
Following her conversion to Christianity, Lucy (d. 304) was subjected to a series of tortures, all of which she miraculously survived. Here, the saint holds the dagger with which she was ultimately executed and the lamp, her attribute. This painting originally was on the left side of an altarpiece that consisted of a central image of the Virgin and Child flanked by saints.The ornate details and delicate gold surfaces enlivened by punch-marks are characteristic of the refined style of mid 14th-century Sienese painting.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [1881 catalogue: no. 23; 1897 catalogue: no. 47, as Simone Martini]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1340 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
70.5
height
43.7
depth
3.1
dimensionsRaw
H of panel excluding modern peripheral strips: 27 3/4 x W: 17 3/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (70.5 x 43.7 x 3.1 cm); Framed H: 29 1/4 × W: 19 1/2 × D: 2 3/4 in. (74.3 × 49.5 × 7 cm)
style
Gothic
Source extras
cul
Italian
med
tempera and gold leaf on panel
creator_ids
3887
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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