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St. Nicholas and the poor nobleman’s three daughters; on the reverse: St. Blaise and St. Dennis

Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece

Artist
Austrian workshop (?)
Origin date
1470–1480
Material
wood
Technique
tempera
Sizes
magasság: 82 cm
szélesség: 50 cm
Inventory No.
56.514

56.514

Description and further information

82 x 50 (painted surface: 80 x 47 cm)

The Christian Museum separately catalogued the panel showing one of the best-known scenes from the legend of St. Nicholas, which once adorned the feast-day side of the movable wing of a winged altarpiece, and the image on its reverse, showing female saints, which would have appeared on the workday side.

This panel and another double-sided work (56.516 and 56.517 ) originally belonged to the same winged altarpiece. In the museum’s catalogue published in 1964, the paintings belonging to the movable wings were believed to have appeared together in the altarpiece with panel 56.513, showing the Death of Mary, despite differences in size and their incompatible iconography. The Death of Mary is presumed to be the central image of a winged altarpiece.

Provenance

Ipolyi Collection 170. 174. (‘Two small altarpiece wings belonging together; the obverses each show a scene from the legend of St. Nicholas (the three girls and the seamen). On the reverse are two saint-bishops (one is Dennis) and two female saints: Justina and Barbara. Oil paintings on wood panels. The obverses are substantially overpainted, while the reverses are not, and these are rather fine works. End of the 15th c. Both are cracked.’)

Restauration

Márta Brutyó, 1977. Traces of earlier restoration efforts can be seen, which were documented in 1977. In 2013 Dezső Varga conserved the panel.

Exhibitions

  • Műcsarnok 1930 ősz, 66 sz.

Bibliography

  • Lakatos-Balla Attila: Ipolyi Arnold püspök hagyatéka Nagyváradon. Miscellanea Historica Varadinensia III. Nagyvárad 2012 280.
  • Mucsi András: Az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeum Régi Képtárának katalógusa. Budapest, 1975, Corvina, 25, 114.
  • Boskovits Miklós-Mojzer Miklós-Mucsi András: Az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeum képtára (Budapest, 1964. Akadémiai Kiadó). 158, 294 - 295 kép.
  • Magyarország műemléki topográfiája I. Esztergom 1. Esztergom műemlékei (összeállította: Genthon István; Budapest 1948), 128.

Related works

St. Blaise and St. Dennis, on the front: St. Nicholas and the poor nobleman’s three daughters – Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece
56.515 St. Blaise and St. Dennis, on the front: St. Nicholas and the poor nobleman’s three daughters – Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece
St. Nicholas quiets the storm; on the reverse: St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara – Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece
56.516 St. Nicholas quiets the storm; on the reverse: St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara – Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece
St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara; on the reverse: St. Nicholas quiets the storm – Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece
56.517 St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara; on the reverse: St. Nicholas quiets the storm – Panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece