# Altarpiece of St Clare [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Tempera on panel, 273 x 165 cm ## Commentary St Clare \(c. 1194-1253\) was the founder of the second \(or female\) order of Franciscans known as the Poor Clares. On the altarpiece a central iconic image of the saint is flanked by eight scenes from her life. St Clare is depicted within an architectural niche, almost as if she were modeled in space, much like painted wooden figures sometimes used as the centres for elaborated multi-paneled altarpieces. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()