Christ Blessing

Segna di Buonaventura

ca. 1311 · Tempera on wood, gold ground · European Paintings

This panel was the pinnacle of an unidentified altarpiece. Its softly modeled forms were inspired by Duccio, with whom Segna must have worked. The gold striations derive from Byzantine icons and indicate the sacred character of the figure.

Artist

Segna di Buonaventura

Date

ca. 1311

Medium

Tempera on wood, gold ground

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Adele L. Lehman, in memory of Arthur Lehman, 1965