MAKE A MEME View Large Image Segna - Saint Lucy - Walters 37756.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Niccolò Di Segna Following her conversion to Christianity Lucy d 304 was subjected to a series of tortures all of which she miraculously survived Here the saint ...
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Keywords: Niccolò di Segna - Saint Lucy - Walters 37756.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Niccolò Di Segna 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 For more information on this piece please see Zeri catalogue number 22 pp 37-39 ca 1340 Medieval tempera tooled gold panel H of panel excluding modern peripheral strips in 27 75 17 1875 1 25 accession number 37 756 38525 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date of acquisition unknown by purchase 1881 catalogue no 23 1897 catalogue no 47 as Simone Martini Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Siena Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Niccolò di Segna Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of Saint Lucy
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