Cassetta frame on a polyptych panel

Unknown

ca. 1325 · Poplar. Mitered. Gilt; red-orange bole; red, blue, and white color. · Robert Lehman Collection

This panel by Simone Martini depicts the fourth-century martyr and first apostle of Siena Saint Ansanus. With 1975.1.12b it forms part of a polyptych, of which five panels are known. Overlaying the profile of this panel with that of 1975.1.12b confirms the existence on the former of an additional layer of gesso on either side of the frieze. This has now assumed the craquelure of the underlying surface.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1325

Medium

Poplar. Mitered. Gilt; red-orange bole; red, blue, and white color.

Culture

Italian, Siena

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975