Neri di Bicci Florence 1419 - 1491

The young saint represented here, wearing the deacon's dalmatic and holding a banner, is almost certainly Saint Laurence: compare the dress and appearance of the saint in a predella painted by a follower of Gerini in Limoges (for which see G. Kaftal, Iconography of the Saints in Tuscan Painting, Florence 1986, pp. 618-9, figs. 711-2).  The reverse of the panel is painted, indicating that it most likely once formed part of a small triptych or diptych (possibly together with an image of Saint Stephen, with whom Laurence is often associated).

We are grateful to Everett Fahy for endorsing the attribution to Neri di Bicci upon first-hand inspection of the painting.