Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.343)Sacred Art & IconographyThe Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.343)Oil, gold and silver on wood, ca. 1360, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1984.343Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.343)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/clare-met-1984-343.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.343). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/clare-met-1984-343Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-bishop-of-assisi-giving-a-palm-to-sa, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.343)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/clare-met-1984-343}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAssisi, Cities Well-attested 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)tier 1Francis, Figures Well-attested 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)tier 1Belongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source The Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsClare of Assisi, Figures Well-attested 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)tier 1SourcesThe Bishop of Assisi Giving a Palm to Saint Clare, accession 1984.343 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 1984.343View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year