Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Andrea di Giusto depicted Saint Elizabeth of Hungary in this Gothic panel around 1365, showing the thirteenth-century princess who renounced her royal status to serve the poor and sick. Elizabeth's cult was particularly strong among Franciscan communities, as she became the patroness of the Third Order of Saint Francis. This panel likely formed part of a polyptych where individual saints flanked a central devotional image, following the standard format of Tuscan Gothic altarpieces.

Painted in egg tempera on gold-ground panel, the figure of Elizabeth is depicted with the crown and charitable attributes that identify her royal origins and saintly vocation. The linear clarity and controlled color application follow the conventions of late Gothic Florentine panel painting.