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Saint Clare

ca. 1330
Not on view
The saint wears the habit of the Poor Clares, founded by Saints Francis and Clare between 1212 and 1214. Her emblem is a flaming lamp. The picture, which has been reframed, is a pinnacle of the same altarpiece to which the Saint Paul, exhibited nearby, belonged. The altarpiece was painted around 1325–30 for the church of San Francesco in San Gimignano. For more information about this painting, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Clare
  • Artist: Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese, active by 1317–died 1356)
  • Date: ca. 1330
  • Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
  • Dimensions: Overall, with shaped top and engaged (modern) frame, 19 x 8 in. (48.3 x 20.3 cm); painted surface 15 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (39.4 x 19.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irma N. Straus, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.189.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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