Pietà Altarpiece: Detail, St. Andrew

Castile, 15th century
Tempera and gold on wood, with engaged frame
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession # 41.190.27

This panel is in the top right of the altarpiece, with St. Andrew as he is traditionally portrayed: wild hair, slightly forked beard, and holding two poles in the shape of a cross saltire, X-shaped his attribute.

Oddly, the banderole he holds in his left hand has no inscription.

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