Francesco Zaganelli (active by 1499, died 1532)
St. Lucy

Tempera and gold on wood.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 30.95.292, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis

St. Lucy holds her martyr's palm branch in her left hand and a pair of eyes in her right. The eyes are her most common attribute, although they are usually held on a small plate.

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