# Blessed Clare's sarcophagus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Red marble, width 200 cm ## Commentary Blessed Clare \(Beata Chiara\) of Rimini \(c. 1265-c. 1326\) was one of the many religious penitents who lived a pious and self-abnegating life, often experiencing visions, and who after death became the object of mainly local popular devotion. She was originally buried beneath the high altar in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rimini in her red marble sarcophagus. ## 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 St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()