Two Deacon Saint

Giuliano di Simone, a painter active in late fourteenth-century Lucca, created this panel depicting two deacon saints around 1395. Deacon saints such as Stephen and Lawrence were widely venerated in Tuscan churches, and their paired representation suggests this panel formed part of a larger polyptych. Giuliano di Simone's work reflects the influence of the Lucchese school, which blended Sienese decorative refinement with Florentine structural clarity during the Gothic period.

Painted in egg tempera on gold-ground panel, the two saints are rendered with the elegant linearity typical of late Trecento Lucchese painting. The rich brocade patterns of the dalmatic vestments demonstrate skilled decorative technique and careful attention to liturgical accuracy.