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Pacino di Bonaguida

Saint Bartholomew

c. 1320
Tempera and tooled gold on panel
68.9 × 41.3 cm (27.1 × 16.3 in)

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Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

This painting was originally part of a larger altarpiece, the central panel of which depicted a Virgin and Child (now at the Accademia in Florence). While the original site is unknown, like all altarpieces it would have served as a focal point of liturgical devotion, especially during the Mass. The painting shows the bust of the Apostle Bartholomew holding a knife, the tool of his martyrdom. After Bartholomew converted a pagan king to Christianity, the king's brother commanded his death by flaying.

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