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This panel was once part of a multi-panelled altarpiece made for the Florentine church of Santa Croce. The altarpiece had four tiers of pictures; this would have appeared in the third. An inscription, now quite faded and damaged, identifies the saint wearing a violet drapery: S.THA. (Saint Thaddeus). You can just see it to the left of his halo. Nothing remains of the inscription that named the other saint, but it is likely to be Simon – the altarpiece features the Twelve Apostles, and he is the only one not identifiable elsewhere. The decorative shapes (quatrefoils) that run beneath the two apostles show two bearded older men and one younger man, beardless and quite plump. We don't know their identities, but they might be friars from the Franciscan Order who lived at Santa Croce.
Title
Saint Simon and Saint Thaddeus (Jude)
Date
about 1324-5
Medium
Tempera on poplar
Measurements
H 70.5 x W 62.2 cm
Accession number
NG3377
Acquisition method
Presented by Henry Wagner, 1919
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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