Funeral of Saint Benedict; Saint Augustine; Beheading of Saint Lucilla

Spinello Aretino's panel depicting the Funeral of Saint Benedict, Saint Augustine, and the Beheading of Saint Lucilla (c. 1385) formed part of a Benedictine altarpiece cycle now dispersed across several collections. Spinello was the most important painter of Benedictine subjects in late Trecento Tuscany, creating extensive narrative cycles for monasteries in Arezzo, Florence, and beyond. The combination of Benedict's funeral with Lucilla's martyrdom suggests the panel served a foundation that venerated both saints.

Egg tempera on gold-ground panel. Spinello's narrative scenes demonstrate his gift for dramatic composition, with clearly articulated spatial settings and expressive figure groups rendered in warm earth tones against the luminous gold background.