Saint Anthony Abbot (with Saint John the Baptist)

Martino di Bartolomeo's Saint Anthony Abbot with Saint John the Baptist, painted around 1412, pairs two of the most popular saints in medieval Italian devotion. This panel likely formed part of a polyptych ensemble, with the two saints positioned as flanking figures in the altarpiece program Altarpieces featuring rows of standing saints served both liturgical and devotional functions, identifying the church's patron saints and giving worshippers specific objects for personal prayer.

The two saints are rendered in Martino di Bartolomeo's characteristic Sienese manner with flowing draperies, clear identifying attributes, and the refined tempera technique and gold ground standard in early Quattrocento panel painting.