The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena, Tempera and gold on wood, 11 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28. 9 x 22. 2 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398?1482 Siena), These three panels belong to a series from the base (predella) of a large altarpiece and constituted the first extensive narrative cycle of Catherine of Siena, a Sienese mystic as well as minister to the poor and plague-stricken