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Painting of a bearded saint with a gold halo, in a rose mantle, holding a red book against a gold background within an ornate frame.

Saint Andrew

A bearded saint with a golden halo stands against a gold-leaf ground, wearing a rose-pink mantle over blue-green drapery and holding a closed red book with gold clasps. The tempera painting on wood is framed by a richly patterned border, with the figure's gaze turned slightly toward the viewer.

Artist
Simone Martini
Date
ca. 1326
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2768 × 3883 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1331).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941

Español: San Andrés

Un santo barbado con un halo dorado se encuentra frente a un fondo de pan de oro, vestido con un manto rosado sobre ropajes azul verdosos y sosteniendo un libro rojo cerrado con broches dorados. La pintura al temple sobre madera está enmarcada por un borde con motivos ricamente decorados, y la mirada de la figura se dirige ligeramente hacia el espectador.

Português: Santo André

Um santo barbudo com um halo dourado se apresenta diante de um fundo de folha de ouro, vestindo um manto rosado sobre vestes azul-esverdeadas e segurando um livro vermelho fechado com fechos dourados. A pintura em têmpera sobre madeira está emoldurada por uma borda de padrões ricamente decorados, e o olhar da figura se volta levemente para o observador.

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