VECCHIETTA
(b. 1410, Siena, d. 1480, Siena)

St Peter the Martyr

1470s
Panel, 195 x 105 cm
Collezione Vittorio Cini, Venice

This panel, portraying the Dominican saint in a Renaissance niche, may have been part of a larger composition. The saint is identified by the inscription at his feet and by his attributes, a martyr's palm and the sickle with which he was killed.