# Saint Andrew

**Simone Martini** (Italian, died 1344)  
ca. 1326  
Tempera on wood, gold ground  
22 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (57.2 x 37.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 41.100.23. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437675).

## About this work

Simone Martini painted this in about 1326. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Gold ground.** Gold leaf laid over a red clay and burnished to a mirror shine, often tooled with punches so it flickers in candlelight. Behind sacred figures it stands for heavenly light.
- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.

### [Simone Martini](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/simone-martini)

Italian, died 1344; died in Avignon

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Real size: about 23 × 15 in (57 × 38 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 14th century
- Subjects: Men, Saints
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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