2669. ST. CLEMENT AND DONOR.

_Le Mâitre de Jean Perréal_ (French: 15th century).

Attributed to the master of Jean Perréal (called Jean de Paris,

who lived about 1463-1529); painter to Louis XII.

St. Clement, in cope and mitre (as Bishop of Rome), rests his right

hand on the shoulder of the Donor; and in his left hand carries an

anchor (the emblem referring to the legend of the Saint having been

cast into the sea bound to an anchor). Londoners are familiar with the

emblem, as it surmounts the steeple of St. Clement Danes in the Strand.

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