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Pinnacle panel of an altarpiece: Christ Blessing
Pinnacle panel of an altarpiece: Christ Blessing

Pinnacle panel of an altarpiece: Christ Blessing

Artist Niccolò di Segna Italian, active Siena, documented 1331–1348
Datecirca 1330–1340
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
Dimensions17 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (45.4 x 36.2 cm)
Frame: 24 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 2 in. (62.5 x 44.5 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object numberGL.60.17.2
On View
On view
Provenance[Chiesa plebana (pieve) of S. Giovanni Battista, San Giovanni d'Asso;] Pannilini brothers, S. Giovanni d'Asso, by 1904; Conte della Gherardesca, Florence; Contini Bonacossi, Florence; Samuel H. Kress Collection, New York, 1932; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to NCMA, 1960.
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