In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
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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Grifo di Tancredi — Saint Peter
Spinello Aretino (Spinello di Luca Spinelli) — A Saint, Poss
Bernardo Daddi — Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers![Saint Peter, with Saint James Major [left panel]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/1632458b-c6b1-43f5-802d-db2f6cb1fe03/full/!500,500/0/default.jpg)
Martino di Bartolomeo — Saint Peter, with Saint James Major 
after Sir Anthony van Dyck — Saint Paul
Follower of Barna da Siena|Follower of Lippo Memmi (Italian,
Spinello Aretino (Spinello di Luca Spinelli) — Saint Philip
Marco Zoppo — Saint Peter
Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio — Saint Nicholas of Bari
Master of Saint Francis — Saint James Minor
Segna di Buonaventura — Saint John the Evangelist
Simone Martini — Saint Bartholomew