Hungarian, Austrian and German collection » Painting and Sculpture (12-16. century)
St. Nicholas prevents the execution of the three youths
Detail from the movable wing of a winged altarpiece
Artist
Mining town workshop (?)
Origin date
around 1480
Material
pine
Technique
tempera
Inventory No.
55.85
Description and further information
82 x 51.5 cm; 81 x 48 cm (painted surface)
The panel, originally painted on both sides but sawed apart, showed an episode from the Legend of St. Nicholas on one side and Christ on the Mount of Olives (55.87) on the other. It appeared on the same movable wing as the panel depicting another episode from the legend of St. Nicholas (55.86) and the scene of Christ Carrying the Cross (55.88)
Provenance
The museum purchased the panel on the art market at an unknown time.
Restauration
Dezső Varga, 1956: earlier overpainting was removed. Retouched areas using hatching (tratteggio) are visible on the panels, indicating an earlier restoration procedure.
Bibliography
- Boskovits Miklós-Mojzer Miklós-Mucsi András: Az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeum képtára (Budapest, 1964. Akadémiai Kiadó) 131.
- Radocsay Dénes: A középkori Magyarország táblaképei. Budapest, 1955. Akadémiai Kiadó, 325.
- Magyarország műemléki topográfiája I. Esztergom 1. Esztergom műemlékei (összeállította: Genthon István; Budapest 1948), 42.
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