The artist responsible for The Vision of the Blessed Clare was dubbed The Master of the Blessed Clare by the scholar Zeri after the subject of the painting. Subsequently, several scholars have identified the anonymous Master as the known Riminese artist Francesco da Rimini. On the basis of Francesco da Rimini’s only signed works (a group of frescoes), NG6503 can be convincingly attributed to the same artist. 'The Adoration of the Magi' in Florida (Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables) was originally part of the same altarpiece. The altarpiece is tentatively dated around 1340 on stylistic grounds.
Francesco da Rimini
documented 1333; died 1348
Paintings by Francesco da Rimini
This painting shows Clare, a holy woman who lived in Rimini from the late thirteenth to early fourteenth centuries. According to her biography she had a vision of Christ enthroned and surrounded by the apostles and John the Baptist. Christ – the largest figure in this scene – showed her the wound...
Not on display