St. Bartholomew

Austria, 1410
Stained glass, 19.75 x 16.75 in. (50.2 x 42.5 cm.)
The Cloisters, New York City, accession 30.113.1

As usual in his portraits, St. Bartholomew holds a book and a flaying knife. The latter is his primary attribute, referencing his death by flaying. The Golden Legend describes the saint as having curly hair, a feature of this portrait.

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Photographed at the Cloisters by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.