A panel painted in oil, gold and silver on wood, titled "The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare," ca. 1360. The panel shows the bishop presenting Clare with a palm branch on Palm Sunday, the night before she left her family home to join Francis of Assisi's new movement, the founding episode of the Order of Poor Clares. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, under accession 1984.343.
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MediumOil, gold and silver on wood, ca. 1360, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1984.343 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Assisi, Cities This source names Assisi directly: "silver on wood, titled "The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare," ca."
Source The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This source names Francis directly: "she left her family home to join Francis of Assisi's new movement, the founding episode of the Order of Poor Clares."
Source The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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The Met's own title for this panel names the subject outright and depicts the founding episode of her order, the bishop of Assisi giving her a palm branch the night before she left her family home to join Francis of Assisi's movement.
Source The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access API: Metropolitan Museum of Art object record 442750artistDisplayNameQuote, artistDisplayName
"artistDisplayName": "Segna di Buonaventura"
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1. The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 1984.343
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A panel painted in oil, gold and silver on wood, titled "The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare," ca.
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