This painting is part of an altarpiece, the main panel of which depicts The Virgin & Child. This section shows Saint Philip; other parts of the altarpiece show Saints Peter, John the Evangelist & John the Baptist. Philip became one of the Twelve Apostles after meeting Jesus through John the Baptist. He was the disciple who Jesus asked to gather food from the crowd before miraculously multiplying it. Philip is thought to have died a martyr's death by being stoned & crucified, & so is often pictured holding a cross. ...

Saint Roch, a pilgrim with an ulcerated thigh caused by the plague, was turned out of Piacenza, but his dog brought him a loaf every day & an angel tended his wound. This was the left wing of a triptych in Santa Maria della Scala, Verona. The other wing ...

This roundel probably formed part of a predella. It has been suggested that it could have come from the frame of an altarpiece by Fra Angelico for S. Domenico, Fiesole (see also ' Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven'). Another roundel of similar dimen ...

The panel is probably part of the predella of Lorenzetti's ' Birth of the Virgin' of 1342, painted for the altar of Saint Sabinus in Siena Cathedral (now in the Museo dell' Opera del Duomo, Siena). It was one of four altarpieces, showing the life of the Virgin, for the altars of the four patron saints of Siena. Pietro Lorenzetti's altarpiece was flanked by figures of Saints Sabinus & Bartholomew & the National Gallery painting was presumably below the first. It apparently illustrates a rare episode showing Venustanius, the Roman Governor of Tuscany, trying to persuade Saints Sabinus, Marcellus & Exuperantius to worship a pagan statue, here apparently Venus since she is shown holding a golden ball representing the apple Paris gave to her. ...

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In the centre are shown the Virgin & Child enthroned. In the lower row, from left to right are Saints Bernardino, Anthony of Padua, Peter Martyr & John the Baptist. In the upper row are Saints Jerome, Catherine, the Pieta, Saint Sebastian & a female ...

This figure of Saint Sebastian is the only surviving work signed by the artist, who often signed works with his brother. It is identifiable as the central panel of a polyptych (a picture or relief made up of two or more separate panels), which was commissioned for a chapel in the Carmine, Pavia. The two other main panels are in a private collection near Milan. According to the legend, Saint Sebastian was an officer in the imperial guard of the Roman emperor Diocletian. When it was revealed that he was a Christian he was shot with arrows, but his wounds healed. He was subsequently martyred by being stoned to death. ...

Two angels hold the crown of martyrdom above the Saint's head. Images of Sebastian were popular because he was a protector against the plague. This painting may have been part of an altarpiece, or a votive picture, or one made for private devotion. ...

Saint Simon on the left, holds a book, while Saint Thaddeus, who turns to the right, holds a knife. Three unidentified heads are depicted between decorative motifs in the band of quatrefoils below. This panel formed the second section from right of the up ...

The panel depicting the Virgin & Child was the central panel of a polyptych painted by Crivelli in 1476 as the high altarpiece for San Domenico in Ascoli Piceno, east central Italy. The polyptych was composed of the central panel & eight smaller panel ...