Saint Clare, ca. 1330, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 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), Paintings, Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese, active by 1317–died 1356), 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
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Saint Clare, ca, 1330, Tempera, wood, gold ground, Overall, shaped top, engaged, modern, frame, 19 x 8, 48.3 20.3 cm, painted surface 15 1/2 7 1/2, 39.4 19.1, Paintings, Lippo Memmi, Filippo di Memmo, Italian, Sienese, active by, 1317–died, 1356, saint, wears, habit, Poor Clares, founded, Saints Francis, Clare, 1212, 1214, emblem, flaming lamp, picture, reframed, pinnacle, altarpiece, Paul, exhibited
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