Bishop Saint
Master of the Sienese Straus Madonna
(Italian (Sienese), active about 1340–1360)
Medium/TechniqueTempera on panel
Dimensions30.8 x 26.0 cm (12 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund
Accession number51.738
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This painting originally was a pinnacle of a large altarpiece. The decorative style is typically Sienese, and the artist may have trained with Simone Martini (for his depiction of a saint, see 51.2397) or with Barna da Siena (for his Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, see 15.1145). The unidentified artist is named for a work of similar style in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
ProvenanceBefore 1850, purchased in Italy by Joshua Nash; by 1951, by inheritance to Arthur C. Nash, Washington, DC; 1951, sold by Arthur C. Nash to the MFA for $1150. (Accession Date: May 10, 1951)
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