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Panel from the polyptych for San Michele in Poggio, Siena: Christ Blessing
Panel from the polyptych for San Michele in Poggio, Siena: Christ Blessing

Panel from the polyptych for San Michele in Poggio, Siena: Christ Blessing

Artist Luca di Tommè Italian, active in Siena circa 1350–1389
Datecirca 1358
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
Dimensions22 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. (58.1 x 33.7 cm)
Frame: 27 x 17 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (68.6 x 43.8 x 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object numberGL.60.17.5
On View
On view
ProvenanceA convent in Siena; Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1950; on loan to the National Gallery of Art, 1951; on loan to the University of Arizona, 1951-57; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.

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